Jumpstarting America
The American economy glitters on the outside, but the reality is quite different. Job opportunities and economic growth are increasingly concentrated in a few crowded coastal enclaves. Corporations and investors are disproportionately developing technologies that benefit the wealthiest Americans in the most prosperous areas--and destroying middle class jobs elsewhere. To turn t...
The American economy glitters on the outside, but the reality is quite different. Job opportunities and economic growth are increasingly concentrated in a few crowded coastal enclaves. Corporations and investors are disproportionately developing technologies that benefit the wealthiest Americans in the most prosperous areas--and destroying middle class jobs elsewhere. To turn this tide, we must look to a brilliant and all-but-forgotten American success story and embark on a plan that will create the industries of the future--and the jobs that go with them.
Beginning in 1940, massive public investment generated breakthroughs in science and technology that first helped win WWII and then created the most successful economy the world has ever seen. Private enterprise then built on these breakthroughs to create new industries--such as radar, jet engines, digital computers, mobile telecommunications, life-saving medicines, and the internet-- that became the catalyst for broader economic growth that generated millions of good jobs. We lifted almost all boats, not just the yachts.
Jonathan Gruber and Simon Johnson tell the story of this first American growth engine and provide the blueprint for a second. It's a visionary, pragmatic, sure-to-be controversial plan that will lead to job growth and a new American economy in places now left behind.
Jonathan Gruber 是麻省理工学院的福特经济学教授，美国国家经济研究局的卫生保健项目主任，美国健康经济学家协会前主席。他发表了一百七十多篇研究文章，并著有公共财政领域主流的教科书《公共财政与公共政策》。作为罗姆尼医疗法案和奥巴马医疗法案的策划师，他与美国政府和国会合作，协助起草了《医疗改革法案》，还出版过生动介绍《平价医疗法案》的科普读本 Health Care Reform。2020年荣获古根海姆学者奖。
Simon Johnson 是麻省理工学院的库尔茨创业学教授，曾被授予斯隆商学院教学大奖——杰米森奖，也是国际货币基金组织的前首席经济学家。他的文章常发表在《纽约时报》《华盛顿邮报》《金融时报》《大西洋月刊》以及其他一些知名刊物上。他与别人合著过畅销书《13位银行家：华尔街的收购和下一次金融危机》及《白宫的燃烧》，同时也是被广泛引用的...
Jonathan Gruber 是麻省理工学院的福特经济学教授，美国国家经济研究局的卫生保健项目主任，美国健康经济学家协会前主席。他发表了一百七十多篇研究文章，并著有公共财政领域主流的教科书《公共财政与公共政策》。作为罗姆尼医疗法案和奥巴马医疗法案的策划师，他与美国政府和国会合作，协助起草了《医疗改革法案》，还出版过生动介绍《平价医疗法案》的科普读本 Health Care Reform。2020年荣获古根海姆学者奖。
Simon Johnson 是麻省理工学院的库尔茨创业学教授，曾被授予斯隆商学院教学大奖——杰米森奖，也是国际货币基金组织的前首席经济学家。他的文章常发表在《纽约时报》《华盛顿邮报》《金融时报》《大西洋月刊》以及其他一些知名刊物上。他与别人合著过畅销书《13位银行家：华尔街的收购和下一次金融危机》及《白宫的燃烧》，同时也是被广泛引用的经济博客《基线情景》的创始人。