CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE
The National Academies was asked by Senator
Lamar Alexander and Senator Jeff Bingaman of the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, with
endorsement by Representative Sherwood Boehlert and
Representative Bart Gordon of the House Committee on
Science, to respond to the following questions:
What are the top 10 actions, in priority order, that
federal policymakers could take to enhance the sci-
ence and technology enterprise so that the United
States can successfully compete, prosper, and be
secure in the global community of the 21st centu-
ry? What strategy, with several concrete steps,
could be used to implement each of those actions?
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IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING HIGHER EDUCATION
We have all heard of the Export / Import Bank (EXIM). We have heard of vague references to trade manipulation, balance of payments, debtor nations, World Bank, World Trade Organization (WTO), violent protests around the world, including Seattle (who were those people?), etc. Few have heard of OPIC. Overseas Private Investment Corporation is a department of the United States Treasury. Immediately you may wonder why “Private” and United States are associated in the same sentence. I was curious. It’s exactly what you think.
Export – Import Bank The following statistics were taken from the 2002 Annual Report of the U.S. Export – Import (EXIM) Bank, an agency of the U.S. Treasury. Loans and Long-Term Guarantees
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has unleashed another flurry of jabs on Washington, ridiculing the federal government's rebate checks as being "like giving a drink to an alcoholic" on Thursday, and said the presidential candidates are looking for easy solutions to complex economic problems.
The latest figures appeared likely to fuel demands by China's trading partners for action on trade barriers and currency controls. Some American lawmakers are calling for punitive tariffs on Chinese goods if Beijing fails to act quickly
The national median price drop of 5.8%, to $206,200 from $219,300, was the steepest ever recorded by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), which has been compiling the report since 1979
Bonddad is saying Obama's economic policy is not workable and it's primarily due to the budget deficit and the Iraq war. We don't have the money.
Click on the link for the full read. I haven't analyzed Hillary in terms of where the money is going to come from, just noticed she has an accounting of much of it at the bottom of the position papers.
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