3421. Common Sense on Competitiveness
- Author:
- Jimmy Carter
- Publication Date:
- 04-1988
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- The Carter Center
- Abstract:
- The United States faces a competitiveness crisis. The indicators are abundant. An alarming number of American students and workers do not seem to have the skills needed to succeed in the more demanding jobs of the modern economy. Many American inventions never make it from drawing board to marketplace, or arrive too late - long after aggressive foreign firms have captured customer loyalty. Some American products have been improperly designed or priced too high to compete with top-quality foreign imports. Partly as a result, not enough American companies have penetrated foreign markets with U.S. goods and services.
- Topic:
- Economics, Government, and Industrial Policy
- Political Geography:
- United States