Ussr to rush at the beginning. No one knows. There is a lot of love and hate. Cubans have one of the highest awareness is of u. S. Brands in the world and one of the highest preferences in the world so if u. S. Companies launching into cuba comes with less cost than some other marketplace that makes it attractive so and thats because the folks do have, the people of cuba many of them have access. We saw what no one expected with fidel. Most people, most of the modeling done in the u. S. Government was fidels speaking, he drops dead worries in his office and people drop dead and people know where they dont know but no one expected a succession and then a transition from brother to brother. I would say dont expect raul dies and its a switch. Its going to be more of a wave. Thank you. Bill lane. Good morning. Bill lane with caterpillar and first of all i want to thank you for a Great Program and great timing particularly the fact that this is two days away from the big anniversary. Some o
Good morning, everyone. My name is nirra tanden president and ceo of the center for american progress, and im really honored to be joined by our esteemed Commission Members for the new report from the Inclusive Commission a commission convened over a year and a half ago. Im very honored to be joined by our cochairs, dr. Larry summers, former treasury secretary, and ed ball shadow chancellor of the exchequer for the u. K. We convened this commission because we at cap are very focused on the challenges the middle class is facing in the United States, challenges of stagnating wages rising costs. What we recognize these were not just trends that the American Public is facing. Its really Global Trends are faking us and we can learn from other countries. So that is why weve undertaken this effort. I hope everyone has gotten our report, a very big report. And im going to now turn it over to larry and ed, and then i will ask questions of our Commission Members to get their thoughts, and then r
Weve done for bringing out examples around the world that other countries have found ways to think about Human Capital in broader and often more successful ways than the United States. Clearly when you think about Human Capital, you need to start from prek. You need to get kids early. You need to invest in them to make the school ready. You need places to provide quality education so they are prepared to go on. Access to Community College and Higher Education clearly play a role. Another things that we dont put much emphasis on but others have is working on apprenticeship. What do you do for the large number of people that are not going to go onto Higher Education. How do you give opportunities for them. Those countries have opened up a broad range of jobs that pay off. They clearly raise earnings. About 300,000 increase in participation in it. The return on every public dollar in some cases 23 for every 1 invested in these programs. They play a vital role for those with less than High
Role. Another things that we dont put much emphasis on but others have is working on apprenticeship. What do you do for the large number of people that are not going to go onto higher education. How do you give opportunities for them. Those countries have opened up a broad range of jobs that pay off. They clearly raise earnings. About 300,000 increase in participation in it. The return on every public dollar in some cases 23 for every 1 invested in these programs. They play a vital role for those with less than High School Education or High School Education for good paying jobs in the future. Fantastic. I would also like to ask jennifer who provided a lot of good ideas around innovation and innovation clusters in looking how regions can adopt strategies for Economic Growth. Jennifer, can you share your views . Yes. Thanks so much. I appreciate having been invited to be part of this because as the former government of michigan representing a part of the country that really has been the
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