Smart Globalization Initiative
Confronting Economic Meltdown
Conference for the Launch of America's SWOT Analysis
(Strengths, Weaknesses Opportunities, Threats)
September 23, 2008 Walter Jones (R-NC-3)
This all day conference considered what America, as an economic entity, would look like if a Harvard Business School SWOT Analysis were applied. SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.
Congressman Walter Jones (R-NC) introduced the session with a keynote address on US competitiveness. Later in the morning, Senator Byron Dorgan offered his comments on the Smart Globalization Initiative and the importance of rethinking globalization. The session was closed by former Senator Fritz Hollings.
Panelists included: Heidi Crebo-Rediker, Leo Hindery, Sherle Schwenninger, Tom Gallagher, Allan I. Mendelowitz, Ralph Gomory, Harold Meyerson, Douglas Rediker, Bruce Stokes, Michael Lind, and Pat Choate. To see a full video, click here.
Several of the panelists' presentations are available below: Ernest "Fritz" Hollings
Leo Hindery - State of the Economy and a Plan for Recovery
Heidi Crebo-Rediker - SWOT Analysis for America Inc.
Tom Gallagher - Power Point Presentation
Ralph Gomory - Country and Company
Bruce Stokes - Rethinking a Post-Doha World
Byron Dorgan (D-ND) 
About this Initiative
The Smart Globalization Initiative will inform the way American policy-makers approach global economic integration and the American economy. Its overriding goal is to make globalization work better for the economy by advancing a competitiveness and economic growth agenda that seeks to rebuild America's productive middle-class and rebalance the global economy.The Initiative will put forward policy proposals for advancing the competitiveness of American-based businesses, for preventing the unfair trade and industrial practices of neo-mercantilist economies, and for putting the U.S and emerging economies on the path to mutually reinforcing productivity revolutions and mutually rising living standards.
Policy Papers
| Title | Date |
|---|---|
| Financing the Productive Economy: The Heartland Development Bank | September 2008 |
| Smart Globalization Policy Agenda | June 2008 |
Events
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| NY EVENT: Policy Winners & Losers After the Election | November 17, 2008 |
| Confronting Economic Meltdown | September 23, 2008 |
| When Band-Aids No Longer Work | August 14, 2008 |
| America's Health Care Debacle | July 30, 2008 |
Initiative Leadership
Leo Hindery, Managing Director of InterMedia and an economic advisor to Obama
for President, will chair the Advisory Council for the Smart Globalization
Initiative.
To see Leo Hindery's Statement on Smart Globalization, click here. The Initiative will be co-directed by Steve Clemons and Sherle Schwenninger of the New America Foundation.
