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NYT: Chinese Supercomputer Is Ranked World’s Second-Fastest, Challenging U.S. Dominance
China appears intent on challenging American supercomputer dominance with a microprocessor that has been designed and manufactured in China, a first.
Kauffman: Despite Recession, U.S. Entrepreneurial Activity Rises in 2009 to Highest Rate in 14 Years
Rather than making history for its deep recession and record unemployment, 2009 might instead be remembered as the year business startups reached their highest level in 14 years – even exceeding the number of startups during the peak 1999-2000 technology boom.
Myth of China’s Manufacturing Prowess
The United States is still the largest manufacturer in the world. In 2008, U.S. manufacturing output was $1.8 trillion, compared to $1.4 trillion in China.
20 Reasons Why The U.S. Economy Is Dying And Is Simply Not Going To Recover
The problem is debt. Collectively, the U.S. government, the state governments, corporate America and American consumers have accumulated the biggest mountain of debt in the history of the world.
The Atlantic: How a New Jobless Era Will Transform America
"The Great Recession may be over, but this era of high joblessness is probably just beginning. Before it ends, it will likely change the life course and character of a generation of young adults.”
Report Warns Silicon Valley Could Lose Its Edge
"Silicon Valley is both a barometer of the rest of the country and a spark for the rest of the country, and if we don’t protect that innovation culture here, it’s going to be hard to sustain an innovation culture in the country.”
NYT: America Is Not Yet Lost
The truth is that given the state of American politics, the way the Senate works is no longer consistent with a functioning government.
New Scientist: Get ready for China’s domination of science
"Very quietly, China has become the world’s second-largest producer of scientific knowledge, surpassed only by the US, a status it has achieved at an awe-inspiring rate. If it continues on its current trajectory China will overtake the US before 2020 and the world will look very different as a result.”
The Atlantic: How America Can Rise Again
In most significant ways, the U.S. remains the envy of the world. But here’s the alarming problem: our governing system is old and broken and dysfunctional. Fixing it—without resorting to a constitutional convention or a coup—is the key to securing the nation’s future.
WaPo: Aughts were a lost decade for U.S. economy, workers
There has been zero net job creation since December 1999. No previous decade going back to the 1940s had job growth of less than 20 percent. Economic output rose at its slowest rate of any decade since the 1930s as well.
How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room
China wrecked the talks, intentionally humiliated Barack Obama, and insisted on an awful “deal” so western leaders would walk away carrying the blame. How do I know this? Because I was in the room and saw it happen.
My lazy American students
We’ve got a knowledge gap, spurred by a work-ethic gap.
Fired American Apparel workers to get benefits of sale
The trendy, L.A.-based clothier sponsored the “Justice for Immigrants” event to benefit some 1,600 employees let go in recent months after federal inspections uncovered discrepancies in their immigration documentation.
The end of a dream
Unreality is the defining feature of the fashionable ideas of the past decade. Perhaps only a more serious crisis will overturn these delusive fancies
The patent system: End it, don’t mend it
From AIDS to Android phones, research shows that intellectual property rights are detrimental to the social good.
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