From the National Summit, Policy Prescriptions
Sunday, June 21, 2009A review of last week’s National Summit in the weekend’s Detroit Free Press, “CEOs who attended last week’s National Summit have some suggestions for the White House“:
Last week’s three-day National Summit in Detroit was all about getting fresh ideas to the new president and his advisers. Corporate bosses representing the likes of IBM, Microsoft and Citigroup — not to mention Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. — joined a smattering of government and university leaders to chew over what’s ailing America’s economy.
Their short answer: a lot.
Far beyond the current recession lies a festering lack of American competitiveness.
Detroit’s automotive woes are the least of it. America is losing ground in educational achievement, technical skill, public policy and along a host of other fronts.
Not sure “fresh” ideas is quite right. The ideas and policy prescriptions are familiar enough, they just have not been adopted.
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