The Comeback: How Innovation Will Restore the American Dream

Gary Shapiro

Beaufort Books, 2011 - Technology & Engineering - 204 pages

America seems to be on a downward slide. Our government spends too much; our economy creates too little; and we aren't preparing our children to compete in a global marketplace. Yet our politicians - Republican and Democrat alike - just don't get it. While once-great cities fall into decay, Washington thrives, living off the hard work and tax dollars of the private sector. It's time for an American comeback -- and it starts with innovation.Throughout its history, America's great innovators have been the drivers of our unsurpassed economic success. American innovation transformed a country of ragtag farmers into the epicenter of the world's technological progress. Innovation creates jobs, markets, and new industries where none existed before. Most importantly, innovation moves us forward as a nation, pushing us to succeed and strive for a better tomorrow. In short, innovation is the American Dream.In The Comeback, Gary Shapiro shows us how to return innovation to its rightful place at the center of America's economic policy. The Comeback is a new blueprint for America's success.

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There aren't many new ideas here about the role of innovation in the American economy. Conservatives will find a lot to reinforce their ideas about government, trade, and health care. Most other folks ...

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The comeback lays out the belief that for the US economy to truly get out of the economic down turn we must embrace technology and break down the barriers that are impeding our ability to innovate. It ...

About the author

Gary Shapiro is Tucker Boatwright Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Richmond. His books include "Nietzschean Narratives" (1989) and "Alcyone: Nietzsche on Gifts, Noise, and Women" (1991).

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Comeback: How Innovation Will Restore the American Dream
• Author: Gary Shapiro
• Publisher: Beaufort Books, 2011
• ISBN: 0825305632, 9780825305634
• Length: 204 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Entrepreneurship; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy; Social Science / Customs & Traditions; Technology & Engineering / General