Forty years ago, the United States faced a competitiveness crisis. But our fast and decisive moves to harness a technological discontinuity — the Internet — changed our productivity and prosperity trajectory. Today, the stakes are as high — if not higher. Multiple technology revolutions emerging and converging at unprecedented speed — coupled with China’s economic and security challenges — are creating intense turbulence. Will America capture the ensuing productivity waves from this churn?
Read Council on Competitiveness President and CEO Deborah L. Wince-Smith's latest piece on U.S. leadership potential as the nation turns 250 on Forbes.com here.
