The general consensus is that the US in recent years has progressively lost competitive ground in a number of critical economic areas—this despite the fact that it has been the world's leading scientific and technological power and has spent more on nondefense R&D than any other country. Evidently scientific and technological prowess do not guarantee economic competitiveness.

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