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Democratic-Republicans
Dempsey, General Martin
Denmark
deregulation
Detroit; Regional Workforce Fund
Dietrich, Marlene
Dillon, Sam
Dimon, Jamie
Disneyland
Dixiecrats
DNA
Dodd, Chris
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (2010)
Doerr, John
Dole, Bob
Domenici, Pete
Douglas, Michael
Dow Jones Industrial Average
Drudge Report
Druid City Arts Festival
Duke University
Duncan, Arne
DuPont Corporation
E
Earth Policy Institute
East Anglia, University of, Climate Research Unit
Eastman Machine Company
Eat People (Kessler)
Economist, The
Edison, Thomas
education; in Army; attainment levels; businesses and; in California; in China; during Cold War; Colorado as model for reform of; community role in; cuts in spending for; higher (see also specific colleges and universities); history of government support for; improvement in quality of; income inequality and; innovation and; IT revolution and; neighbors and; parents’ role in; religious, of Muslims; responsibility of students for; in Singapore; Teach for America as model program for; teachers and principals and; Tea Party and; underperformance of; workforce and
Education, U.S. Department of; Race to the Top initiative
Education Trust
Education Week
eFinanceDirectory.com
Egypt
Eichengreen, Barry
Einstein, Albert
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
EKO India Financial Services
electric car
electronics; consumer
El-Erian, Mohamed
EndoStim
energy consumption
Energy Policy Conservation Act (1975)
Energy and Resources Institute
energy technology (ET)
Engel, Susan
engineering; education in; jobs in
Englehart, Bob
entitlement programs; see also Medicare; Social Security
Environmental Defense Fund
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environment News Service
Erie Canal
ESPN
Eton
European Union (EU)
eWeek.com
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
F
Facebook
Factcheck.org
Fan, Yale Wang
Fandy, Mamoun
Fannie Mae
Farmiga, Vera
fascism
Faulkner, William
Fault Lines (Rajan)
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Election Commission
Federalist Party
Federal Reserve
Federal Trade Commission
Feingold, Russ
Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
Financial Times
Finland
Finn, Chester E., Jr.
Fiorina, Carly
Fiorina, Morris
Fisker Automotive
FiveCubits
Florida, University of
Florida International University
Fonda, Jane
Ford, Gerald
Ford Motor Company; Escape hybrid
Foreign Affairs
Forrester Research
Foster, Isabelle 401Kaccounts
Fox News; Sunday
France
Franklin, Benjamin
Franklin International Institute
Freelancer.com
French Revolution
Friedman, Benjamin M.
Friedman, Milton
Froome, Nia
Frugal Superpower, The (Mandelbaum)
fuel cells
Fung, Victor
G
Galileo
Gallup polls
Gates, Bill
gay rights
General Electric
General Motors
Georgetown University
Georgia
Gerencser, Mark
Germany; Nazi; renewable energy in
Gerry, Elbridge
Gerrymandering (documentary)
Gettysburg, battle of
Gibbs, Robert
GI Bill of Rights
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gingrich, Newt
Gleason, Jackie
Global Achievement Gap, The (Wagner)
globalization; challenges of; climate change and; free-market economics and; jobs and; merger of IT revolution and; price pressures from
Global Talent Index
global warming, see climate change
Godfather, The (movie)
Goldie, Daniel
Goldin, Claudia
Goldman Sachs
Gooding, Cuba, Jr.
Google; Earth; Maps
Gore, Al
Government Accounting Office
Graham, Lindsey
Granholm, Jennifer
Grant, Ulysses S.
Grantham, Jeremy
Gray, C. Boyden
Great Depression
Greatest Generation
Great Recession
Great Teachers and Leaders Act (Colorado; 2010)
Greece
Green, Harold H.
Greenspan, Alan
Greenville (South Carolina)
Greer, Ken
Grinnell College
Grohl, Dave
Gross, Bill
gross domestic product (GDP)
Gupta, Deepa
Gutenberg printing press
H
Haiti
Haizlip, Nagga
Hamilton, Alexander
H&R Block
Hanushek, Eric A.
Harding, Warren G.
Hartford Courant
Harvard University; Business School; Law School, Labor & Worklife Program; Technology and Entrepreneurship Center
Harvey, Hal
Hauck, Bill
health care; partisan politics and; spending on (see also Medicaid; Medicare); technological advances in
Heidrick & Struggles
Hernandez, Reyna
Herr, Bill
Hewlett-Packard (HP)
Hillary, Edmund
Hindustan Times
Hispanics
Hitler, Adolf
Hofstadter, Richard
Hogan, R. Craig
Hogg, Bevil
Home Depot
homeland security
Homeland Security, U.S. Department of
Homestead Act (1862)
H-1B visa program
Honeymooners, The (television show)
Hong Kong
Hood, John
Hoover Digest
Hope Street Group
Hormats, Robert
Horse Feathers (movie)
House of Representatives, U.S.; Oversight and Government Reform Committee
How (Seidman)
Howe, Caroline
Hu, Peter Danming
Huamei Garment Accessory Company
Humphrey, Hubert
Hungary
Hussein, Saddam
hydroelectric power
I
IBM
Iceland
Idealab
IHS Global Insight
illegal immigrants
Illinois
Immelt, Jeffrey
immigration; from Asia; government policy on; innovation and; of victims of oppression; workforce needs and
Immigration and Nationality Act (1965)
IMPACT teacher evaluation system
incentives; in energy and climate policy; for innovation; political
India; call centers in; cell phones manufactured in; electric cars in; financial services in; immigrants in U.S. from; Internet sales from; Obama in
Indiana
Indiana University
Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)
Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN)
Industrial Revolution
information technology; see also IT revolution
infrastructure; deterioration of; investment in; lobbying for; modernization of; partisan polarization over; public-private partnership and
Inglis, Bob
Inhofe, James
innovation; in China; during Cold War; connectivity and; education and; in energy technology; immigration and; incentives for; in information technology, see IT revolution; military; partisan polarization and; regulation and; workforce and; see also research and development
Innovation Award for Energy and the Environment
Intel Corporation; Science Talent Search
intellectual property
International Monetary Fund
International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
Internet; bandwidths for; customer service via; democratizing power of; globalization and; origins of; political process and; public-private partnership and; values eroded by
interstate highway system
Investment Answer, The (Murray)
Ipsos Public Affairs
Iran; Revolutionary Guard Corps
Iraq
Iraq war; nation-building goal of; partisan politics and; renewable power use in; Special Forces operations in; surge in; wounded veterans of
Ireland
Irwin, Neil
Islamic terrorism
Israel
IT revolution; challenges of; merger of globalization and
Italy
iTunes
J
Jacobins
Jakpor, Otana Agape
James, LeBron
Japan; bullet trains in; earthquake and tsunami in; education in; fascism in; recycling in
Jassy, Andy
Jazwiec, John
Jefferson, Thomas
Jerry Maguire (movie)
Jews
Jharkhand (India)
Jiang, Ruoyi
Jobs, Steve
John Locke Foundation
Johnson, Lyndon B.
Johnson, Scott
Johnston, Michael
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint U.S.-China Collaboration on Clean Energy
Jordan, Michael
JPMorgan Chase
Justice Department, U.S.
K
Kaiser, Robert G.
Kaiser Family Foundation
Kannan
Katz, Lawrence
Keillor, Garrison
Kelley, General James
Kendrick, Anna
Kennan, George
Kennedy, David
Kennedy, John F.
Kennedy Center Honors
Kerry, John
Kessler, Andy
Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah
Kindle
Kinwar, Jishnu
Kopp, Wendy
Korean War
Kosovo
Krupp, Fred
Kullman, Ellen
Kurds
Kyl, Jon
L
Labor Statistics, Bureau of
Lamar University
Land, Edwin
Lane, Anthony
Lazer, Hank
Learning to Innovate, Innovating to Learn (Wagner)
Lee Myung-bak
Lehman Brothers
Lemmon, Jack
Lenin, V. I.
Leonhardt, David
Lesk, Jeff
Lett, Lanair Amaad
Levin, Carl
Li, Yifan
Libya
Lieberman, Joseph
Li & Fung
Limbaugh, Rush
Lin, Elisa Bisi
Lincoln, Abraham
Linux
Litan, Robert
Liu, David Chienyun
Liu, Peggy
Liu Xiaobo
Liverpool
Lizza, Ryan
lobbying
Long, Russell
Long Telegram
Los Angeles; public school system
Los Angeles International Airport
Loveless, Tom
Lovins, Amory
Lovins, L. Hunter
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit
LRN
Lynbrook High School (San Jose, California)
M
Mabus, Ray
Mack, John
Maddow, Rachel
Mahbubani, Kishore
Mamas and the Papas, the
Mamma Nia’s Vegan Bakery
Manama (Bahrain)
Manhattan Project
Maniates, Michael
Maoism
Mao Tse-tung
Mapleton Expeditionary School of the Arts (Thornton, Colorado)
Marcus, Ruth
Marine Corps, U.S.
Mariotti, Steve
Markell, Jack
Marshall Plan
Marx Brothers
Maryland Community News
Massachusetts, colonial
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), School of Engineering
mathematics; attainment levels in; effective teachers of; jobs requiring skills in; waging war on
Mathew, Akhil
Mayo Clinic
MBA Polymers
McCain, John
McChrystal, General Stanley
McCulley, Paul
McDonald’s
McGwire, Mark
McKinsey & Company
McNulty, Robert
Mecca (Saudi Arabia)
Medaille College
Medicaid
Medicare; cuts in; drug benefit; federal deficits and costs of; partisan politics and
Mellott, John
Mexico
Michigan
Microsoft; Windows
Middletown (Delaware) High School
Mikan, George
Miller, Allison
Miller, Matt
Minnesota
Minnesota Vikings football team
Missouri
Mohr, Jay
Moniz, Ernie
Monomoy (Coast Guard cutter)
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
Moral Consequences of Growth, The (Friedman)
Morgan Stanley
Morrell, Geoff
Morrill Act (1862)
Moscow
Mount Everest
Moynihan, Brian
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick
MSNBC
Mullen, Admiral Mike
Mumbai (India)
Mundie, Craig
Murphy, Mike
Murray, Gordon
Muslims
Mykleby, Colonel Mark
N
National Academy of Engineering
National Academy of Medicine
National Academy of Sciences
National Assessment of Educational Progress
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
National Association of Manufacturers
National Basketball Association (NBA)
National Center on Education and the Economy
National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
National Commission on Writing
National Constitution Center
National Defense Education Act (1958)
National Education Association (NEA)
National Football League (NFL)
National Foundation for Consumer Credit
National Governors Association
National Institutes of Health
National Journal
National Research Council
National
Science Foundation
NATO
Natural Gas Caucus
Navy, U.S.
Nazis
Nelakanti, Raman Venkat
Nepal
Netflix
Netscape
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)
Nevada
New Deal
New Haven (Connecticut) public schools
New Jersey
New Leaders for New Schools
New York City; JFK Airport; Penn Station; public schools
New Yorker, The
New York Mets baseball team
New York State
New York Stock Exchange
New York Times
New York Times–Discovery Channel
New York Yankees baseball team
New Zealand
Nike
Nixon, Richard
Nixon Peabody law firm
Nobel Prize
No Child Left Behind Act (2002)
Noida (India)
Nordhaus, William
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA; 1994)
North Carolina
Northport (Alabama)
Northwestern University
NPR
nuclear power
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
nuclear weapons
Nueva School (Hillsborough, California)
O
Oakwood Medical Investors
Obama, Barack; budget and deficit under; Clinton appointed secretary of state by; education encouraged by; energy policy and; health-care plan of; inauguration of; overseas travel of; review of regulations ordered by
O’Connell, Jerry
O’Connor, Carroll
Ohio
Old Lyme (Connecticut) Middle School
Olson, Mancur
Olympic Games
O’Neill, Paul
One Percent Doctrine, The (Suskind)
OODA loop
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Otellini, Paul
Out of Our Minds (Robinson)
outsourcing; climate change and; of customer service; immigration policies versus; of parts of business processes
P
Pacific Railway Acts (1862; 1864)
Pahlavi, Mohammad Reza, Shah of Iran
Pakistan
Palmeiro, Rafael
Palmisano, Samuel
PalmPilot
Parks, Rosa
Partners for Livable Communities
Pasteur, Louis
Patent Act (1790)
Patent and Trademark Office, U.S.
Paul, Rand
Paul, Ron
Paul, Vivek
PCs, see personal computers
Peace Corps