Watch GPS: Restoring the American Dream Special – Getting Back to #1

For years the United States has been the world's leader. And America has the place where anyone can dream the American Dream and build a better life for themselves.

But does all that still hold true?

If America now ranks as the 5th best country in which to run a business, 23rd in infrastructure, 49th in life expectancy and so on, can we still call it #1? And if the American Dream is slipping out of people's grasps (as we discussed in our first special "Restoring the American Dream"), what can we do to put America back on top in every category?

To answer that question we're bringing you the second installment in our "Restoring the American Dream" series of specials. This one is entitled, "Getting Back to #1".

We've assembled a top notch group of experts and entrepreneurs to figure just how that can be done. You'll hear from:

  • Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia Professor and the man the NY Times once called "the most important economist in the world"
  • Niall Ferguson, Newsweek columnist & Harvard professor who specializes in financial & economic history
  • Joseph Nye, Professor of International Relations at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government
  • Dambisa Moyo, the international economist and NY Times best selling author
  • And the two men behind one of America's recent entrepreneurial success stories, the founders of Foursquare : Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai.

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