Mark A Bloomfield

Concern about the low U.S. saving rate and its negative impact on capital formation and economic growth prompted the American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF) Center for Policy Research to launch a multifaceted, three-year project to explore this issue in 1988. This volume is one element of that project. This book contains slightly updated versions of the papers presented at a two-and-one-half-day conference entitled Saving: The Challenge for the U.S. Economy, held in Washington, D.C., in October 1989.

Concern about the low U.S. saving rate and its negative impact on capital formation and economic growth prompted the American Council for Capital Formation (ACCF) Center for Policy Research to launch a multifaceted, three-year project to explore this issue in 1988. This volume is one element of that project. This book contains slightly updated versions of the papers presented at a two-and-one-half-day conference entitled Saving: The Challenge for the U.S. Economy, held in Washington, D.C., in October 1989.

Intellectual property rightsócopyrights, patents, trademarksóare crucial to innovation and the creation of new technologies. In this volume, leading experts, policymakers, academics, corporate representativesóset out to broaden awareness of the linkages between intellectual property rights and U.S. competitiveness. Sections include: The Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Capital Formation and Economic Growth; Reconciling Intellectual Property Rights Issues Among Developed and Less Developed Countries; Capital Formation, Competitiveness, and Intellectual Property Rights; Industry Perspectives on the International Protection of Intellectual Property Rights; The New GATT Round and Intellectual Property Rights. Co-published with the American Council for Capital Formation Center for Policy Research.