Challenging American Leadership: Impact of National Quality on Risk of Losing Leadership

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Challenging American\rLeadership......Page 4
Contents......Page 7
List of Figures......Page 11
List of Tables......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 13
The 20th Century Stage for American Leadership......Page 14
Introduction......Page 20
The Need for an Economic Policy......Page 21
The Meaning of Economics......Page 23
Understanding Economics......Page 24
American Democracy is not for Everyone......Page 27
The Country of the Lonely......Page 28
America\'s Economic Environment......Page 31
Industrial and Technological Policies......Page 32
Factors of Economic Growth......Page 33
Politics and Economy......Page 34
Strategic Management of the Economy......Page 35
The U.S. Standard of Living......Page 37
The Impact of Human Behavior on Economic Systems......Page 40
American Performance and Productivity......Page 41
Capital and Labor Costs......Page 44
U.S. Immigration......Page 46
Energy or Fuel Use......Page 47
America\'s Economic and Trade Dominance -- Is it Real?......Page 51
The U.S. as an Exporter......Page 54
Foreign Trade Imbalance or Outsourcing......Page 56
The U.S.-Asian Dilemma......Page 57
Imposing our Principles on Others......Page 59
Economic Inequities in the U.S. Job Market......Page 61
Maintaining Economic Leadership......Page 62
Securities Markets......Page 64
The American Consumer......Page 65
Wealth and Value Creation......Page 66
American Industrial Developments......Page 67
The Problem of U.S. Underinvestment......Page 68
Investment in Technology Development......Page 69
Technology as an Economic Driving Force......Page 71
Working in American Industry......Page 74
Interpersonal Relations, Work Place Productivity, and Economic Impact......Page 75
The U.S. Pension Debacle......Page 76
Management of Technological Changes......Page 77
Management Structures and Incentives......Page 79
U.S. Corporate Pay......Page 81
Worker Morale and Work Ethics......Page 84
Productivity in America......Page 85
Quality Management......Page 87
Quality Control in Purchasing......Page 88
Contradictions of Competitive Bidding and Procurement......Page 89
The Decision-Based Industrial Organization (DBO)......Page 90
America as a Service Economy......Page 91
The Demise of the American Middle Class......Page 93
Inequity in American Society......Page 94
Economics of Disability in America......Page 95
Political Correctness and Organized Labor......Page 96
American Economic Prospects......Page 97
The U.S. as A Post-Industrial Society......Page 98
An Environment for Economic Success......Page 99
American Social and Economic Developments......Page 101
Tax Burdens and Economic Incentives......Page 102
Effectiveness and Cost of Government Regulation......Page 103
Government Budget-Making and Budgetary Needs......Page 104
Government Spending......Page 105
The National Debt Problem......Page 107
A Welfare System which Discourages Workand Encourages Fraud......Page 110
The Scourge of the Unemployed......Page 111
The Business of Government......Page 112
Government Failure......Page 114
Welfare, Workfare, and Unemployment......Page 115
Economic and Social Impact of Longevity......Page 116
The Twentieth Century Revolution in Technology and Social Structure......Page 117
The Most Important Global Problem......Page 118
Discouraging Job Growth......Page 120
Misplaced Agricultural Support......Page 121
Nuclear Waste Peril and Future Economic Costs......Page 122
Renewable Energy Use Developments......Page 123
Impact and Future Role of the Internet......Page 125
Stick Built Housing......Page 127
American Income Distribution......Page 128
Environmental Protection Quagmire......Page 129
The American Worker......Page 132
American Education......Page 133
Law Enforcement Costs......Page 135
Economic Prospects and Challenges......Page 138
Claims to World Leadership......Page 140
The New America......Page 141
America\'s Business and Financial Leadership......Page 144
America\'s Identity Crisis......Page 146
American Moral and Spiritual Leadership......Page 148
Financial Management......Page 149
The Making of Leaders......Page 150
American Contradictions and Hypocrisy......Page 152
Sovereignty and Human Rights......Page 153
American Strengths and Weaknesses......Page 154
Managing American Leadership......Page 157
Impact of Technological Change......Page 158
Ethnic Integration......Page 159
The War on Terror......Page 160
Deficits and Public Debt......Page 161
America\'s Health Care Leadership......Page 162
The Right to Leadership......Page 163
Democracy in Action......Page 164
Advancing Democracy......Page 165
American Strengths and Weaknesses......Page 167
Challenging American Leadership......Page 169
Growing Asian Dominance......Page 171
Asian Road to Economic Success......Page 180
America\'s Mistaken Self-Perception......Page 188
America\'s Economic Challenges......Page 192
Impact of Globalization and Outsourcing on Economic Leadership......Page 195
Factors Determining Leadership......Page 197
America\'s Leadership Role......Page 198
The Electronic Challenges to the AmericanService Economy......Page 200
American Creativity and its Role in Perpetuating Leadership......Page 201
The New Brain Drain and Reaction......Page 202
Repositioning America in the Public Eye......Page 204
Can Europe Again Become a World Leader?......Page 205
America\'s Changing Image......Page 207
Leading into the Future......Page 211
Managing Risks......Page 212
India\'s Emerging Economy and Leadership Potential......Page 216
China\'s Rebirth and Thrust TowardsGlobal Economic Power......Page 220
Leadership Challenges......Page 225
Problems in Maintaining American Leadership......Page 229
Leadership Quality......Page 239
Towards a Better, Fairer Globalized World......Page 241
What the World Needs......Page 247
Can America Deliver?......Page 252
Who Will Lead in Future......Page 256
Bibliography......Page 259
References......Page 260
Index......Page 261