Competitiveness Index: Where America Stands - Council on Competitiveness

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Table of Contents

Introduction
The Changing Global Competitiveness Environment
U.S. Prosperity — How Are Americans Doing?
U.S. Performance — How Is America Doing?
Foundations of U.S. Competitiveness and Sources of Future Prosperity
Conclusion — How Can the United States Continue to Meet the Challenge of Global Competitiveness
Appendices

Published January 2007

Competitiveness Index: Where America Stands benchmarks current U.S. competitiveness against twenty years of domestic and global economic data. The baseline year, 1986, was chosen because it marked the beginning of cyclical expansion in the domestic economy, a high dollar, and an exploding trade deficit, which put the concept of competitiveness on the U.S. national agenda. It also marked the creation of the Council on Competitiveness. The report is a wide-ranging assessment of how the changing global economy presents new challenges for the future.

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