Is the Tech Boom Over? The Real Story of the U.S. Economy
February 7, 2001

Technology played a critical role in driving the economic boom of the 1990s, creating newfound wealth, jobs, and better living standards for many Americans. Today, however, uncertainty about the future of many of the newest tech companies leads some to ask whether the "new economy" was truly a permanent change in the economic landscape, merely a bubble, or more complicated than we first imagined.

Surveying the wreckage of the dot.com economy, what can we learn from the immediate past, what does it tell us about where we are going, and what are the priorities for Congress in fashioning technology and economic policies?

Senator Jay Rockefeller and Senator Bill Frist invite you to join them to kick off their third year of briefings on technology policy issues with three leading thinkers on the state of the economy.
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Featured Speakers:
Michael Porter, Professor, Harvard Business School -- one of the world’s foremost authorities on competitive strategy and international competitiveness.
Lawrence Mishel, Vice President, Economic Policy Institute -- an expert on labor economics and co-author of The State of Working America 2001.
Allan Mendelowitz, Vice President, Economic Strategy Institute -- an authority on technology and trade who served as director of the Congressional Trade Deficit Commission and Executive Vice President of the U.S. Export-Import Bank.
Led by U.S. Senators Jay Rockefeller and Bill Frist, the Forum advocates no particular position or policy prescription. Our sole purpose is to inform. Our briefings are nonpartisan, balanced, and open to the public and the media.