The Innovation Delusion

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This is a guest note by Ralph Gomory, one of the nation’s leading thinkers about technology, innovation, and the productivity health of national economies. Gomory previously served as IBM’s Senior Vice President for Science and Technology and subsequently as the immediate past president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

LIVE STREAM at 1:30pm EST: Changing American Attitudes Toward the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

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This is a guest post by Jonathan Guyer, a program associate at the New America Foundation/Middle East Task Force. Today at the New America Foundation, Zogby International President and CEO John Zogby will be unveiling an extensive survey of American perceptions with regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

LIVE STREAM at 9 AM: Jobs, Investment and Energy

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There has been no shortage of hand-wringing about America’s current unemployment crisis, which is unprecedented in modern times. But what has been lacking is a set of concrete proposals to address the jobs crisis in concert with other significant problems facing the United States: creaking infrastructure, climate change, and massive current account and fiscal deficits….

Refocusing the Debate on Sustainable Economic Redevelopment

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This is a guest note by Daniel Mandel. Daniel is a Program Associate for the New America Foundation/Next Social Contract Initiative. (Photo Credit: Samuel Sherraden) There has been no shortage of hand-wringing about America’s current unemployment crisis, which is unprecedented in modern times.

Another Perspective On H.R. 252

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(Photo Credit: Mariurupe’s Photostream) As I have written on this blog before, I think that the debate surrounding H.R. 252 – a non-binding resolution approved by the House Foreign Affairs Committee earlier this month that calls the mass killings of Armenians in 1915 “genocide” – is very complicated and offers no simple and easy solutions….

LIVE STREAM: Robert Pape on Afghanistan And The Rise of Suicide Terrorism

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What motivates suicide bombers to sacrifice their lives and kill innocents? That is one of the most complex and difficult questions that counter-terrorism officials have had to grapple with since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

U.S. Faces Stiff Opposition From Rising Powers

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(Photo Credit: International Monetary Fund Photograph/Stephen Jaffe) This post is cross-posted at The Race for Iran. Over at the National Interest, Nikolas K. Gvosdev has a piece on the “BRIC Wall” that is developing in opposition to many U.S. policies, particularly the U.S. drive for further sanctions on Iran.