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Scientists in Lab

Series on U.S. Science, Innovation, and Economic Competitiveness

Two CAP teams, one from Science Progress and the other from the Doing What Works project, release a series of reports focusing on different building blocks of our national competitiveness.
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Will Congress Block Infrastructure Spending?

Donna Cooper expects congressional Republicans to block the president’s latest call for infrastructure spending to boost jobs and improve our economic competitiveness.
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The Corporate R&D Tax Credit and U.S. Innovation and Competitiveness

Laura Tyson and Greg Linden examine the role of the R&D tax credit in federal government support for research and development.

Other Technology & Innovation Features

February 8, 2012

Innovation Across Government

As Aneesh Chopra wraps up his tenure this month as the first U.S. chief technology officer, he discusses innovative ways the country can solve problems and grow the economy at a CAP event.
January 25, 2012

President Obama Links Middle-Class Prosperity and Innovation

Ed Paisley and Sean Pool explore the president’s science and innovation policies to demonstrate how key they are to sustained middle-class prosperity. By Ed Paisley, Sean Pool
January 19, 2012

Universities in Innovation Networks

Krisztina “Z” Holly looks at the vital and extensive role universities play in driving innovation in the United States. By Krisztina “Z” Holly
January 19, 2012

Rewiring the Federal Government for Competitiveness

We must reorganize part of the federal government in order to efficiently invest in our future economic competitiveness and scientific innovation, write Johnathan Sallet and Sean Pool. By Jonathan Sallet, Sean Pool
January 19, 2012

Immigration for Innovation

Marshall Fitz looks at how to enhance labor market mobility and promote economic growth while advancing workforce stability through enforceable labor standards and protections. By Marshall Fitz
January 19, 2012

Economic Intelligence

Andrew D. Reamer looks at ways the federal statistical system can better support the nation's economic competitiveness. By Andrew D. Reamer
January 19, 2012

Building a Technically Skilled Workforce

Louis Soares and Stephen Steigleder propose a private-public partnership grant program to boost the middle-skill workers that America will require to be globally competitive. By Louis Soares, Stephen Steigleder
November 16, 2011

Innovation for the Public Good: Taking the First Steps to Build an Innovation Culture

Jitinder Kohli describes the four initial steps that agencies should take to promote innovation. By Jitinder Kohli
November 10, 2011

Big Ideas for Small Business

CAP offers proposals to form a progressive pro-business agenda for the small- and medium-sized companies that America's economic competitiveness depends on.
November 2, 2011

Accelerating Regional Job Creation and Innovation

Jennifer Erickson and Sean Pool explain how the Economic Development Administration’s Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge can help spur job creation. By Jennifer Erickson, Sean Pool

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