As our nation faces a difficult and long recovery from a severe recession, this book provides the direction we need to regain our strength and rebuild our economy. The author emphasizes the need for partnerships and coordination among entrepreneurs, government and education to continue our leadership in technical innovation.The author makes the critical case that our educational system must be revamped to focus on the STEM areas - science,technology, engineering and mathematics - in order to address the serious skills gap. The book identifies numerous excellent examples of “linked learning” that provide both the necessary academic and work related skills. In general the book brings together three vital elements that makes it a must-read: it clearly lays out the need for and challenges of innovation;it offers insights about what must be done; then there is the most crucial element, optimism.The author explains why optimism must be the underlying attitude. The reader is thus not only educated, but also inspired to action, to both pursue innovation and to help ensure an environment enabling innovation to flourish in the U.S.
The collapse of the dot-com bubble has had profound impact not only on investors who lost trillions but also on the thousands of workers who lost their jobs as their companies disappeared. It was one of the factors that triggered the recession of 2001 from which we have yet to fully recover.This book is about understanding the dot-com bubble as well as the subsequent recovery of Internet-related businesses that appears to have started in 2003. Section 1, the Prologue, provides an overview of what happened and why it happened. Section 2, Perspectives, is a chronological compilation of columns written by Tapan Munroe for the Contra Costa Times (a Knight Ridder newspaper) between June 1999 and March 2004 tracing the anatomy of the rise and fall of Internet-related businesses. Section 3, Epilogue, has two chapters, Lessons Learned and Resurgence. The former summarizes the lessons learned from the eighteen articles in section two. The latter deals with the revival of the dot-com industry as web-savvy businesses show the way to greater productivity and sustainable profitability.
This is a must-read book for employers and individuals interested in what job skills will be important in the future, as well as providers of education and training who need to support innovative new companies with appropriately skilled talent pool.
In the winds of polarization plaguing our country comes a breath of fresh air. Through the concept of "decisional gradualism" Planet in Conflict strives to achieve a balance between energy production, economic growth, social justice, and environmental quality. Planet in Conflict provides a clear description of the conflicted issues regarding energy production and environmental protection and offers many opportunities for compromises and optimism. The authors also lead you to seven detailed steps to achieve a balance among the various issues. It is an interesting read for decision makers, thoughtful members of the public and students. It challenges them to one step at a time come to a middle ground that brings energy availability, planet sustainability and social equity together into an ever improving state.
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