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Gene Sperling's Top Book Recommendations

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The untold story of how America once created the most successful economy the world has ever seen and how we can do it again.

The American economy glitters on the outside, but the reality is quite different. Job opportunities and economic growth are increasingly concentrated in a few crowded coastal enclaves. Corporations and investors are disproportionately developing technologies that benefit the wealthiest Americans in the most prosperous areas--and destroying middle class jobs elsewhere. To turn this tide, we must look to a brilliant and all-but-forgotten American success...
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Bob DuffyWe love Jonathan Gruber’s book/the fact that he ranked Rochester #1. ⁦⁦@melindagates⁩ Jump-Starting America: New book by MIT's Jonathan Gruber and Simon Johnson argues that public investment in science is key to revving up the U.S. growth engine https://t.co/5UF51TQGis (Source)

Gene SperlingJump-Starting America is an important book by Simon Johnson @baselinescene & Jon Gruber. Combines 2 powerful ideas: importance of BIG public research and regional strategies for middle-class job creation strategy. Big idea here that deserves attention. https://t.co/wSJOI8Kxgt (Source)

Ro Khanna@Noahpinion Love the book (Source)

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