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title: "American Competitiveness in a Post-American World"
summary: |-
  Contrary to much of the narrative within Fareed Zakaria’s book The Post-American World, the United States is losing ground in terms of international competition and innovation.
date: "2009-11-11"
issues: ["Trade", "National Competitiveness"]
authors: ["Daniel Castro", "Scott M. Andes"]
content_type: "Reports & Briefings"
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/publications/2009/11/11/american-competitiveness-post-american-world/"
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# American Competitiveness in a Post-American World

In this webmemo ITIF senior analyst Daniel Castro and research analyst Scott Andes discuss Fareed Zakaria’s book *[The Post-American World](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393334805?ie=UTF8&tag=theinfotechin-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393334805)* and dispute his conclusions that the United States has little to worry about in terms of international competition and innovation.

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/publications/2009/11/11/american-competitiveness-post-american-world/*