Scientific Talent and U.S. Economic Leadership

Friday, January 13, 2006 | 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036

About This Event

For the past half century, the United States has been the world’s scientific and technological leader: American multinationals are at the forefront of commercial technologies; U.S. exports are disproportionately from sectors that rely extensively on scientific and engineering workers; leading-edge technologies play an important role in sustaining rapid U.S. productivity growth; and technological prowess is a key source of U.S. military might. But much evidence points to an erosion of U.S. dominance in science and engineering. The American share of science and engineering graduates is declining rapidly, and new centers of technological excellence are forming in Europe and Asia. What do these developments portend for U.S. economic leadership? How should the United States respond to an erosion of its technological dominance?

Agenda

1:45 p.m.	Registration
2:00	Presenter:	RICHARD B. FREEMAN, Harvard University
	Discussants:	STEVEN J. DAVIS, AEI DAVID E. WEINSTEIN, Columbia University
	Moderator:	KEVIN A. HASSETT, AEI
4:00	Adjournment

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AEI Participants

Kevin A.
Hassett

Before joining AEI, Mr. Hassett was a senior economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and an associate professor of economics and finance at the Graduate School of Business of Columbia University, as well as a policy consultant to the Treasury Department during the George H. W. Bush and Clinton administrations. He served as an economic adviser to the George W. Bush 2004 presidential campaign, chief economic adviser to Senator John McCain during the 2000 presidential primaries, senior economic adviser to the McCain 2008 presidential campaign, and economic adviser to the Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign. Mr. Hassett is a columnist for National Review.
Phone: 202-862-7157
Email: khassett@aei.org
Assistant Info
Name: Emma Bennett
Phone: 202-862-5862
Email: emma.bennett@aei.org