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I believe the most important thing Americans must do is to secure their economic well-being in an increasingly challenging, complex world. What I have written about all these years is the process of creating wealth, not for any one individual, but for the United States as a whole. Ever since I was a young correspondent witnessing the emergence of China after the country opened in 1979, I’ve believed we have to get more serious about creating wealth. I retain faith in the resiliency of the U.S. economy and the enterprise of American people. If Americans have the right strategies, we can once again create widespread wealth. Come with me on this journey.
A Most Important Summit on Job Creation
May 11, 2017
I’m delighted that I’ve been asked to co-organize and moderate a two-day National Job Creation Summit in Scranton June 14-15. I’ll present my own conclusions but my primary job is going to be to get others to cross-pollinate among these different fields: cluster development experts, workforce development people, entrepeneurs, university professors who teach entrepreneurship, technology […]
“Shareholder Activism” Has Gone Too Far at General Motors
May 10, 2017
We used to call them “greenmailers.” Guys like Carl Icahn. They would take positions in companies and then agitate for changes in management that would quickly make them more money. Then they would sell out. They were parasites. These days, the greenmailers have embraced the terminology of the shareholder activist movement. They talk about “unlocking […]
My tribute to Roy Rowan at the OPC annual awards dinner, with a musical twist
May 1, 2017
Let’s Help Wal-Mart Help America
April 21, 2017
Having interviewed Wal-Mart for this story last August, I’m convinced that this is not just a PR exercise. They are serious about achieving their goal of buying an additional $250 billion worth of goods made in America. The reason is not pure altruism. The reason is that the economics of offshore sourcing have shifted, as Harry […]
“The Death of Expertise:” The Conclusion
April 10, 2017
As previously mentioned, this is a very important book. But author Tom Nichols unfortunately runs out of gas in his final concluding chapter. The burning question is what to do about the collapse of respect for public policy experts. Even the word “experts” is now used in a mocking way. The “so-called experts” just don’t […]
A Genuinely Important Book: “The Death of Expertise”
April 4, 2017
I heard this author, Tom Nichols, on the radio one weekend recently and was struck by how cogent his arguments were. So I bought his book, a very 20th century type of behavior, I admit. But I was compelled to do so because he articulates what many of us engaged in public discourse are feeling: […]
