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Unless America gets its economic engine restarted and roaring, the world will have a whole new economic and political leader in the coming decades, says Gallup's chairman
January 19, 2012
If current trends continue, China's GDP will surpass the United States' in the coming decades. "When and if that happens, America loses," says Gallup's chairman. "China may dominate the world."
The United States won't see a surge in entrepreneurship, economic growth, and job creation until the country doubles the number of its engaged employees, says Gallup's chairman.
In the race to create good jobs, leaders pay too much attention to innovation and too little to cultivating talented entrepreneurs. They've got it backward, says Gallup's chairman.
If America doubled its number of engaged customers worldwide, it would more than triple exports. This would create much-needed good jobs and put the country's economy on solid footing, says Gallup's chairman.
