Witnesses:
Panel 1:
Dr. Ralph E. Gomory
Currently serves both as Research Professor at the NYU Stern School of Business and as President Emeritus of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Dr. Margaret M. Blair
Ph.D. economist who serves as Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University Law School
Dr. Bruce R. Scott
Paul Whiton Cherington Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School
Panel 2:
Mr. James R. Copland III
Chairman of Copland Industries, Inc., and Copland Fabrics, Inc., located in Burlington, NC; he served as the companies’ President, Treasurer, and CEO from 1986 until 2004.
Mr. Brian O’Shaughnessy
Chairman since 1988 of Revere Copper Products, Inc., in Rome, NY, and until recently served as President and CEO as well
Mr. Wes Jurey
President and CEO of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce in Arlington, TX
American Decline or Renewal? Part 1: Globalizing Jobs and Technology