Our first economic priority must be to keep today's "long boom" alive through the formula that created it: fiscal discipline, progressive taxes, open trade, support for innovation and entrepreneurship, and investment in the knowledge and skills of the work force. See "Model Initiatives" and "Talking Points."
July 27, 2007
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To boost quality and accountability, parents should have access to grades for daycare centers.
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July 27, 2007
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Making benefits portable by tying them to individuals rather than jobs more appropriately reflect how people often work today.
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July 27, 2007
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Injecting accountability into incentives will encourage firms to boost training, R&D, and investment in new capital equipment.
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July 27, 2007
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Some states are carefully crafting explicit strategies aimed at positioning themselves for the industries and jobs of the future.
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July 27, 2007
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States can take advantage of the opportunities offered by the global market to attract companies that provide good jobs.
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July 27, 2007
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We can help firms compete better internationally as well as make themselves heard by federal decisionmakers.
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July 27, 2007
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This partnership makes strategic investments in early-stage, technology-oriented companies with help of local universities.
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July 27, 2007
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Streamlining the local application process helps the businesses that create new jobs and boosts the local economy.
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July 27, 2007
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New technologies make selling goods and services increasingly feasible for firms of every size.
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July 27, 2007
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"Strike Forces" deploy rapid and specialized assistance to displaced workers and communities hurt by large layoffs.
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July 27, 2007
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Clusters leverage productivity by giving innovators more chances to interact and allowing firms to work together.
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July 27, 2007
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Facilitating inter-industry cooperation in using new technologies and increasing access to the Internet are helpful.
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July 27, 2007
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R&D tax credits spur technological innovation - the major factor driving economic growth and personal income growth.
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July 27, 2007
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These partnerships of government, business, education, and organized labor help supply skilled workers to meet the demand.
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July 27, 2007
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Facilitating the natural growth of e-commerce will deliver new choices and lower prices to consumers.
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May 18, 2007
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This messaging focuses on promoting growth, entrepreneurship, high quality jobs in today's global economy.
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December 1, 2002
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Career ladders initiatives can make a big difference in the lives of today's low-wage workers.
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June 1, 2002
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State community colleges should collaborate with employers and entrepreneurs to prepare workers for a sequence of jobs.
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April 27, 2001
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Colorado should build a new system of skills training to equip people and communities for the New Economy.
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April 20, 2001
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States should discard industry-by-industry incentives and focus on education, job training and a high quality of life.
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October 2, 2001
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These partnerships can make all the difference for workers prospering in the New Economy.
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June 1, 2000
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This Silicon Valley labor union leader argues that workers need an Information Age craft guild.
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June 1, 2000
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The party, that understands and capitalizes on the needs of the New Economy, will prosper itself.
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April 1, 2000
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The prices consumers pay and the resulting reduction in pollution should be the success criteria for deregulation.
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February 21, 2000
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Gov. Shaheen's State of the State speech shows how to present a comprehensive agenda taking advantage of the New Economy.
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February 16, 2000
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An effective "lifelong learning" system for the New Economy requires dramatic improvements in adult education.
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January 1, 2000
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As telecom competition and the Internet advance and converge, we must reform plain old universal telephone service.
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November 8, 1999
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Indiana has full-time centers where you can log onto a computer, list your personal characteristics, needs and skills, and do it all.
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November 1, 1999
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Farm cooperatives are the key to the next generation of agriculture policy.
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September 13, 1999
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A set of guiding principles for the role of government - federal, state and local - in the Information Age.
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July 26, 1999
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States can move faster toward the New Economy - key to spreading the blessings of higher productivity and incomes.
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November 20, 1998
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The New Economy Index examines the forces driving economic change.
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July 31, 1998
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Companies that want tax breaks to provide training should offer it to all employees, not just top executives.
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March 13, 1998
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Folding government training programs into vouchers will give workers control they need.
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March 1, 1998
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In Wisconsin, unions and firms are building high-performance workplaces together.
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November 1, 1997
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Colorado must radically reform its job training system so that workers can cope in the New Economy.
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