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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 Spectacularly Stupid Book
June 9, 2015
Every once in a while, a respected professor comes out with such a stupid, shockingly out-of-touch book, that I simply must respond. Daviel A. Bell’s new book called The China Model, reviewed below, argues that China’s political governance model may be better than America’s. Okay, I know that the quality of our public leaders has […]
Economists: Waiting For Godot?
June 8, 2015
In Samuel Beckett’s famous 1953 play, Waiting for Godot, two desperate characters, Vladimir and Estragon, wait by a leafless tree for a character whom they are convinced will arrive and presumably help them. But, of course, Godot never arrives and the two are left trapped in an absurdist comedy. In many ways, it seems macroeconomists […]
Economic Development Profession: The Key to International Competitiveness
May 28, 2015
I’m a big believer in creating strategies at the state and local level that create new industries and new wealth. States and regions find it far easier to overcome the ideological warfare that cripples the federal government’s efforts in this regard. So I’m pleased to have collaborated with Rick Weddle, one of the economic development […]
Driving Technology: The Future Is Now
May 26, 2015
Repost of author’s article as seen in Chief Executive Magazine | May 25, 2015 Posted by: William J. Holstein and John O’Dell Whether you’re into safety, sustainability, sporty performance or all three, you’re likely to find one of the many new automotive technologies compelling. Read on for a look at three cutting-edge technologies and a preview […]
China’s Crackdown: How Far? How Deep?
May 9, 2015
I would invite all my readers to this event: China’s Crackdown: How Far? How Deep? Dear William, Please join us on Monday, May 18, at 6:30 p.m. for a panel discussion at Club Quarters co-hosted by the Overseas Press Club, Freedom House, and the Winston Lord Roundtable on American Foreign Policy and the Rule of […]
Community College Training: An Urgent National Mission
April 27, 2015
I wrote in The Next American Economy about how Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland trains and retrains workers for jobs that require higher levels of skills. That was in 2011. And I wrote again about it in a cover story for Chief Executive in 2014. We have a terrible problem because millions of Americans just […]
