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Rethinking Competitiveness
About This Book
Few politicians can make a speech concerning economic policy without using the term "competitiveness." Yet, despite its frequent and casual use, there is little if any agreement on its meaning. Scholars have been slow to embrace the term, holding a healthy skepticism toward such political utterances. The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) brought together experts from a variety of fields to discuss the issue of competitiveness and how it may influence their disciplines. This volume is composed of nine prominent scholars' interpretations of and answers to the question: "If 'competitiveness' were to have a rigorous and relevant meaning in your field, what might that be?" The conclusions these papers reach enrich the debate on what competitiveness is and how policymakers should strive to support it in the realms of tax policy, education policy, immigration, health care, international trade and much more.
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Table of contents
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- Preface
- 1. Tiebout and Competitiveness
- 2. Competitive Tax Policy
- 3. Education and Global Competitiveness: Lessons for the United States from International Evidence
- 4. Immigration, Productivity, and Competitiveness in American Industry
- 5. The Role of Innovation and Intellectual Property in Economic Competition
- 6. American Competitiveness and the Health Care System
- 7. Is the United States āCompetitiveā Internationally in Health Care?
- 8. Global Value Chains and the Continuing Case for Free Trade: Trade Theory and Illustrations from the United States and East Asia
- 9. International Competitiveness
- About the Authors