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May 11, 2026
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MIT Professors Simon Johnson & Elisabeth Reynolds Talk the future of America's Tech Leadership |...
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Tom Keene
(Bloomberg host and financial market commentator)
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Simon Johnson
(Guest)
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Elisabeth Reynolds
(Guest)
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Executive Summary
is at significant risk of losing its global leadership in science and technology to China, which is now 'neck and neck' in many frontier fields and excels at implementation.
Current U.S.
industrial policy is considered 'random and not sufficiently coherent,' hindering the nation's ability to strategically compete in critical areas like AI, quantum computing, and semiconductors.
Restrictive immigration policies and reduced funding for public-private research are actively harming U.S.
competitiveness by preventing the influx of top global talent and slowing innovation.
There are growing concerns that excesses in financialization and reduced capital buffers in large banks are creating conditions ripe for a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis.
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