1. THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX: WHERE AMERICA STANDS Deborah Wince-Smith December 5, 2006 National Governors Association Phoenix, AZ

2. THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX: WHERE AMERICA STANDS 2 The Competitiveness Index: Where America Stands The Changing Global Competitiveness Environment U.S. Prosperity — How Are Americans Doing? U.S. Economic Performance — How Is the American Economy Doing? Foundations of Future U.S. Competitiveness >Innovation — Can the United States Sustain Its Advantage? >Entrepreneurship — Does the U.S. Economic Engine Face Threats Or Is It Primed for Continued Success? >Education — Are Americans Equipped to Prosper in the 21st Century? >Energy — How Will We Fuel Future Growth?

3. THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX: WHERE AMERICA STANDS 3 Competitiveness depends on the productivity with which a nation can utilize its human, capital, and natural resources. High incomes require high productivity. COMPETITIVENESS IS NOT BASED ON >The size of the economy >Low-cost labor >Share of exports >The rate of economic growth Competitiveness raises the bar for performance Competitiveness is a positive-sum game >As productivity improves, wages rise, markets expand and more human needs can be met American prosperity depends on: The ability to create the conditions under which companies operating in the U.S. can achieve high and rising productivity An international economic system in which American productivity is not undermined by subsidies, government intervention, and theft of intellectual property in other nations What is Competitiveness?

4. THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX: WHERE AMERICA STANDS 4 The United States Has the World’s Largest Economy and Growth Has Outpaced Other Developed Economies Source: Global Insight, Inc.

5. THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX: WHERE AMERICA STANDS 5 Source: Global Insight, Inc. The United States Leads All Major Economies in GDP Per Capita

6. THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX: WHERE AMERICA STANDS 6 Source: Global Insight, Inc. U.S. Productivity Growth Has Accelerated, Increasing Its Lead over Europe and Japan

7. THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX: WHERE AMERICA STANDS 7 Source: Global Insight, Inc. America Continues to Attract the Largest Share of Foreign Direct Investment

8. THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX: WHERE AMERICA STANDS 8 Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics The United States Has High Levels of Job Churn

9. THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX: WHERE AMERICA STANDS 9 Source: U.S. Census, Income, Poverty, and Health Coverage in the U.S.: 2005 (Aug. 2006) The Greatest Gains in Income Have Gone to the Highest Income Households

10. THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX: WHERE AMERICA STANDS 10 THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX: WHERE AMERICA STANDS Emerging Markets Already Have the Largest, Fastest Growing Populations Source: U.S. Census

11. THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX: WHERE AMERICA STANDS 11 Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis U.S. Multinationals Sell Three Times More Through Foreign Operations Than Through Exports

12. THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX: WHERE AMERICA STANDS 12 THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX: WHERE AMERICA STANDS The United States Has Trade Surpluses in Services and Intangibles Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

13. THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX: WHERE AMERICA STANDS 13 THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX: WHERE AMERICA STANDS Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplements Only Households Headed By a College Graduate Saw Their Incomes Rise over the Past 20 Years

14. THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX: WHERE AMERICA STANDS 14 THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX: WHERE AMERICA STANDS Source: OECD, Education at a Glance (2006) The United States Invests Significantly More in Education, Yet Test Scores Are Low Compared to Other Nations

15. THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX: WHERE AMERICA STANDS 15 THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX: WHERE AMERICA STANDS Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics High-Wage, Fast-Growth Occupations Require Higher Levels of Education

16. THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX: WHERE AMERICA STANDS 16 Source: Updated version of Figure 1 in David H. Autor, Frank Levy, and Richard J. Murnane, “The Skill Content Of Recent Technological Change: An Empirical Exploration,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 118(4), November 2003. See also Frank Levy and Richard J. Murnane, “How Computerized Work and Globalization Shape Human Skill Demands,” (May 31, 2006) Higher-Order Skills Have Grown in Importance, Driven by Technological Change and Globalization

17. THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX: WHERE AMERICA STANDS 17 THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX: WHERE AMERICA STANDS Source: NSF, Science and Engineering Indicators (2006), OECD, Main Science and Technology Indicators (2006), U.S. Patent and Trademark Office U.S. Share of Global Output Has Fallen Across a Range of Science and Technology Metrics

18. THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX: WHERE AMERICA STANDS 18 THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX: WHERE AMERICA STANDS Source: Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, 2005 Executive Report and High Expectation Entrepreneurship, 2005 Total Entrepreneurial Activity In The United States Continues To Outpace All Major Industrial Economies

19. THE COMPETITIVENESS INDEX: WHERE AMERICA STANDS 19 Source: Office of Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration Small and Medium-Sized Firms Create Most New Jobs