a political and economic basis for innovation america 3.0
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A Political and Economic Basis for Innovation
America 3.0
New Reality 1
Food Crises & Revolution
Third Shock in 4 years
Population Explosion
The Coming Water Crisis
Ethnic Tensions
Starvation=Migration
European Muslim Tension
Chinese Dissent
According to the New York Times authorities recorded 127,000 so-called mass incidents in 2010
Balance of Power
New Reality 2
Gun Control Laws
Blue subsidizes Red
California paid $318,000,000,000 in Federal Taxes in 2010
Rural Power
215,000 citizens
18,000,000 citizens
Today, with the filibuster, 21 of the 50 states, representing 11 percent of the population, can muster the 41 votes to stop a majority in the Senate.
Gridlock
This does not have to be our future.
“Congress has largely been reduced from a lawmaking entity to a political operation.”-New York Times, July 12, 2013
Progressive Federalism
“It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous state may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.” –Justice Brandeis
False Narratives
America 3.0
Energy independent Reduced carbon
footprint Highly educated
public Reduced Inequality Fiscal Sanity
How do we get there?
America 1.0
“We shall be as a city on a hill. The eyes of the world will be upon us…we must be willing to abridge our selves of our superfluities, for the supply of others necessities”-John Winthrop
America 1.0 We hold these truths to be
self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Thomas Jefferson It will be our policy to
cultivate tranquility at home and abroad and extend our commerce as far as possible
George Washington
1776-1915
Federalism
“The true theory of our Constitution is that the states are independent as to everything within themselves, and united as to everything respecting foreign nations.”-Thomas Jefferson
Abandoning Federalism and Anti-imperialism
If America were a company
“We must lower the center of gravity at IBM”-Sam Palmisano, former CEO
America’s Advantage
Freedom and Equality
Tranquility and Trade
Federalism and Experimentation
The Public Good
LocalFederal
America 1.0America 1.0
It worked pretty well
The Inventive Society
America 2.0-Making the World Safe for Democracy
1917-2012
The Neoconservative Gospel
The twin poles of the Neoconservative philosophy first elucidated by Irving Kristol in The Public Interest in 1965: In domestic affairs the
national government should shrink (by cutting taxes and business regulations)
In foreign affairs the government should grow (by becoming the world’s sole military superpower).
Reagan & Bush’s Legacy
Budget Priorities
The Free Rider Problem
The National Security State
Rise of the Plutocracy
Savage Capitalism
The Crash of 2008
Productivity & Wages
“There appears to be a new tendency to substitute against labor. It’s permanent, as long as there are alternatives like outsourcing and robotics.”-Allen Sinai
The Outsourcing Revolution
Robots & Jobs
Labor vs. Capital
“Only 30% of the American workforce is actively engaged in their work”-Gallup
Oligopoly
Number and Percentage of U.S. Manufacturing Industries in which Largest Four Companies Accounted for at Least 50 Percent of Shipment Value in Their Industries
How the Other Half Lives
Bottom 2 Quintiles (40% U.S. Population)
Recovery without employment
4 million fewer workers
Fiscal Cliff or Sanity?
Reduce our Military Footprint
Declining Foreign Oil Dependence
Renewable Energy
That’s enough for 600 Million lightbulbs
The Soft Power Era
Scale and Fragmentation Coexist
Proctor & Gamble, Coca Cola, WalMart, Pepsico, Colgate Palmolive, Kimberly Clark. General Mills, Kraft, Kellogg, Costco, Whole Foods, Altria, Mondelez
VDC
Jobs, Sustainability and Education
Progressive Federalism
Reversal of Fortunes
Energy Technology Efficiency
Invest, Divest & Prosper
Plug-In Hybrids
Modern Nuclear Power
Sustainable Agriculture
Steinbeck Innovation Cluster
Transportation and Walkable Cities
LA-San Francisco in 2 hours with minimal pollution
Federalist Health Care
California Lifestyle
Health Behavior
Schools
Education
Double Teacher Salaries U.S. High School
Teacher-$36,000 (1.2x average income)
Korean High School Teacher-2.5x average income
Cut State University Tuition•1978 tuition cost for a California Resident-$400•2012 tuition cost for a California Resident-$21,000
The Virtuous Circle
A Cambrian Moment
Cloud Computing Graphic Processing Chips/systems-
GPU’s Social Networks Big Data Analytic Engines Sentiment Analysis 2nd Screen-ubiquitous computing Transmedia 5D-building immersive worlds
The Imagination Economy
The Magic of Innovation
The Return of the Golden State
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