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By: Eduardo Arabu
Is Austin the New York of this century?
Blog Post
May 20, 2013
Millennials are America’s largest generation—ever. Are they ready to work?
Library Article
May 17, 2013
With the U.S. economy continuing to be stuck in idle and unemployment trapped at alarmingly high levels, it’s a good time to look for game changers.
Blog Post
April 22, 2013
Increasing the potential economic value of each child.
Blog Post
April 4, 2013
5 cities and 5 states that take top scores for small business
Blog Post
March 28, 2013
Is there a tug of war between productivity and affordability?
Blog Post
March 14, 2013
How do we highlight everyday innovation?
Blog Post
February 4, 2013
Immigration reform has once again moved to the top of the political agenda
Blog Post
December 12, 2012
Aging is a reality, how do we change business as usual to make this work?
Blog Post
December 11, 2012
What happens when a city fails to grow?
Blog Post
November 15, 2012
America is finally creating households again. What does that mean?
Blog Post
November 14, 2012
A look at the youngest generation in America's workforce
Blog Post
October 17, 2012
Why do we have more people living in cities?
Blog Post
September 6, 2012
Are some scholars right? Are America’s best economic days behind us?
Library Article
May 10, 2012
The aging of the world is an unprecedented transformation that results from thousands of years of striving for better, healthier, and longer lives. We are in the first minute of a giant change. If we navigate well, we can make the most of the greatest treasures humankind has ever sought: longer, more robust lives and the wherewithal to make the most of them.
Blog Post
April 17, 2012
Throughout the world, people are realizing the blessings and curses of living longer lives. So it is with economies as well. Based on recent estimates, the median age in many countries will have risen by over 15 years from 1980 to 2050. Canada, for instance, is expected to go from a median age of 29.2 to 45.3. The improvements in life expectency that this fact reflects are unprecedented in world history.
Library Article
January 1, 2012
"Older workers bring to their businesses a set of robust networks and expertise built up over time."
Blog Post
November 2, 2011
Michael Hendrix does a nice job outlining some of the problems we face with a global population that is aging rapidly. And I can’t say enough good things about the work of NCF fellows Ted Fishman and Joel Kotkin on aging and demographic shifts.
But let me suggest some potential upside in our aging world.
Library Article
August 29, 2011
Junior Achievement and the national Chamber Foundation believe that the solution to the current national economic instability lies in the principles of a free enterprise system and entrepreneurship. However, exactly ehat the U.S. population, particularly high school students, understands about the basic tenets and benefits of a free enterprise system or entrepreneurship remains unlear.
In an effort to better understand where these knowledge gaps exist, Junior Achievement, in partnership with the National Chamber Foundation researched high school juniors' understanding of the free enterprise system ad how it effects job creation.
Library Article
March 9, 2011
Texas’ Place in the Rankings
1st Growth in Share of National Exports
2nd Export Intensity
3rd Small Business Survival Index
3rd Higher-ed Efficiency
4th Long-term Job Growth
4th Short-term Job Growth
5th Cost of Living
5th Job Placement Efficiency
6th State and Local Tax Burden
7th Entrepreneurial Activity
12th High-tech Share of All Businesses
12th Small Business Lending
13th Gross State Product Growth
13th Business Birth Rate
13th Business Tax Climate
13th High School Advanced Placement Intensity
14th Economic Output Per Job
14th Export Growth
14th STEM Job Growth
16th STEM Job Concentration
19th College Affordability
22nd Per Capita Income Growth
25th Median Family Income