{"product_id":"falling-behind-michael-s-teitelbaum-9780691154664","title":"Falling Behind?: Boom, Bust, and the Global Race for Scientific Talent","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow the fear of a shortage in American science talent fuels cycles in the technical labor market\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIs the United States falling behind in the global race for scientific and engineering talent? Are U.S. employers facing shortages of the skilled workers that they need to compete in a globalized world? Such claims from some employers and educators have been widely embraced by mainstream media and political leaders, and have figured prominently in recent policy debates about education, federal expenditures, tax policy, and immigration. \u003ci\u003eFalling Behind?\u003c\/i\u003e offers careful examinations of the existing evidence and of its use by those involved in these debates. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese concerns are by no means a recent phenomenon. Examining historical precedent, Michael Teitelbaum highlights five episodes of alarm about \"falling behind\" that go back nearly seventy years to the end of World War II. In each of these episodes the political system responded by rapidly expanding the supply of scientists and engineers, but only a few years later political enthusiasm or economic demand waned. Booms turned to busts, leaving many of those who had been encouraged to pursue science and engineering careers facing disheartening career prospects. Their experiences deterred younger and equally talented students from following in their footsteps--thereby sowing the seeds of the next cycle of alarm, boom, and bust. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFalling Behind?\u003c\/i\u003e examines these repeated cycles up to the present, shedding new light on the adequacy of the science and engineering workforce for the current and future needs of the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael S. Teitelbaum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 069115466X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691154664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.57h x 6.24w x 1.02d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2014 pg. 468\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/09\/2015 pg. 33","brand":"Michael S. Teitelbaum","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086767730943,"sku":"9780691154664","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b53b0c0e-7ca2-4b70-8bd4-5dfd881ef206.jpg?v=1769096460","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/falling-behind-michael-s-teitelbaum-9780691154664","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}