Global Competitiveness
The era of clean energy is upon us. Across the world, nations are inventing, manufacturing, installing, and improving on renewable and efficient energy technologies. America is falling behind. To reassert our global leadership and remain competitive in the new energy economy, we must act to put a price on carbon, invest in new technologies, shore up our manufacturing infrastructure, and rebuild our power grid. We have the innovative spirit and the skilled workforce that can put us back on top, but we must act now.
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The Importance and Promise of American Manufacturing:
Michael Ettlinger and Kate Gordon explain why U.S. manufacturing matters.
Rising to the Challenge:
No longer the maker of just low-cost consumer goods, China's investments in technology innovation should serve as a warning to the United States.
U.S.-China Energy Dealmaking:
Recent clean energy deals with China are good for U.S. economic growth, writes Rebecca Lefton. The next step is domestic policies that boost innovation and create jobs.
China’s Strengths and Weaknesses 101 :
United States needs to adopt new strategies to capitalize on our nation’s historical, institutional, and structural advantages as the world’s economic powerhouse.
The Top 10 Things to Do to Compete with China:
President Obama in his State of the Union address cited China’s rise in technology innovation and commercialization. Here are the 10 things the United States can do to stay innovative and competitive.
Green Jobs and Trade: CAP Action's Kate Gordon testifies before the Senate's Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Green Jobs and the New Economy.
How to Strengthen U.S. Innovation: Kate Gordon discusses how the United States can remain a global innovation leader.
Gutting American Productivity and Competitiveness: Adam Hersh examines the draconian cuts to our nation’s critical innovation programs—cuts that would gut jobs growth now and in the future.
Exceptionally American Competitiveness : The federal government boasts the means to foster jobs growth and global economic competitiveness by helping our country’s regional economies grow and prosper, write Sarah Wartell Rosen, Ed Paisley, and Kate Gordon.
We Must Seize the Energy Opportunity or Slip Further Behind: A Primer on Global Competition in Green Technology Investments from the Center for American Progress
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy: How the Economic Stimulus Program and New Legislation Can Boost U.S. Economic Growth and Employment from the Center for American Progress and Political Economy Research Institute
Costs of U.S. Oil Dependence: 2005 Update from the Department of Energy
National Security and the Threat of Climate Change from the Center for Naval Analyses
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