List of Illustrations | |
Acknowledgments | |
Preface | |
Executive Summary | p. 1 |
The Forces Shaping the American Economy | p. 11 |
Rapid Technological Change - The Seminal Force | p. 12 |
Further Global Integration of the U.S. Economy | p. 22 |
The Share of America's Manufacturing Workers with Export-Related Jobs is Large and Rising | p. 26 |
Rapid Economic Growth in Populous, Export-Oriented Developing Nations | p. 30 |
Deregulation and Liberalization, Both Nationally and Globally | p. 36 |
Boomer Demographics: The Middle Aging of America | p. 38 |
Broader Markets for Products, Services, and Capital | p. 39 |
Diminishing Monopoly and Intensifying Competition Everywhere | p. 40 |
Booming Local Markets | p. 43 |
The Continuing Shift of Production from Goods to Services | p. 44 |
Summary: Implications for the American Workforce | p. 48 |
Changes in Work, Compensation, and Occupations | p. 51 |
The Changing Nature of Work | p. 51 |
What Has Happened to Earnings? | p. 59 |
Jobs of the Future | p. 69 |
The Workforce to the Year 2020 | p. 87 |
Slow Population Growth Ahead | p. 89 |
Regional Disparities in America's Population Growth | p. 91 |
The Graying of the American Population Will Radically Alter Social Security | p. 92 |
Slow Growth for the Workforce | p. 97 |
Raising the Retirement Age: Implications for Labor-Force Participation | p. 100 |
More Older Americans Will Keep Working Longer | p. 103 |
Older Americans in the Workforce: Implications for Everyone | p. 104 |
Making Retirement More Affordable | p. 107 |
The Gradual Diversification of the American Population and Workforce | p. 107 |
Workforce 2000 and the Diversification of the Workforce | p. 110 |
Workforce Skills and Education: Implications of Diversification | p. 114 |
Rising to the Challenges of Workforce 2020 | p. 121 |
2020: One America, Three Worlds | p. 122 |
2020: The American Dream Never Worked This Well | p. 123 |
What Not To Do | p. 125 |
Better Ways Forward | p. 128 |
Primary Education Comes First | p. 134 |
Don't Lower Higher Education | p. 136 |
Rising to the Challenges | p. 140 |
Endnotes | p. 143 |
Index | p. 153 |
About the Authors | p. 159 |
About Hudson Institute | p. 160 |
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