The Technology CEO’s Council’s June 13 report, “A Great Nation: How Americans Can Lead and Prosper in a Changing World”:
“From our economy to our educational system, from energy to national security and health care, our biggest challenges can be addressed by leveraging our strengths and learning from our past accomplishments.
There are several recurrent and critical basic themes in the American economic story:
1. We thrive when economies are open and inclusive. The absence of barriers among our states enabled competition and economies of scale that gave the U.S. economy a huge advantage over all other nations, while trade with others powered explosive growth. Our openness to immigrants and beliefs ensured that the best, brightest and most ambitious came to our shores to create jobs, companies and wealth.
2. Innovation is the key to our prosperity. Our relentless pursuit of better ideas, new frontiers, new companies, new cures and new opportunities has ensured constant renewal, reinvention and improvement. Our propensity for innovation ensured economic leadership and national strength.
3. Entrepreneurs are best at leveraging change. By rewarding risk and facilitating competition, we cultivate a nation of entrepreneurs, giving us the talent to cope with changing geopolitics, technologies and global markets.”
