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Ideas to Recharge America; Our team of experts weighs in on how to keep pace in changing times.(Cover story)

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can the United States remain competitive in the changing global environment? NEWSWEEK asked 15 leaders in the fields of science, technology, education and business to assess the challenges the country faces and to offer some solutions. Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists from Silicon Valley addressed the issue of how immigration policies help--and hurt--U.S. competitiveness. Educators from Singapore to Boston spoke of the need to beef up basic skills like math and science in American schools, and to re-create the scope of investment in university research that triggered the technology boom after World War II. Should the Internet remain "free"? Are top executives too ...

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