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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Rising above the gathering storm : energizing and employing America for a brighter economic future : Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy of the 21st Century : an agenda for American science and technology ; Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-309-10039-7 (hardcover) — ISBN 978-0-309-65442-5 (pdf) 1. United States—Economic conditions—Forecasting. 2. Globalization. 3. United States—Economic policy. I. Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy of the 21st Century (U.S.) II. Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (U.S.)

HC106.83.R57 2006

331.12’0420973—dc22

2006025998

For more information about the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, see http://www.nationalacademies.org/cosepup.