Breaking boundaries : public policy vs. American business in the world economy / Joseph E. Pattison.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Falling Off the Flat Earth -- 2. The Death of Trade: Getting to the Global View -- 3. Protection from Productivity: America's Burden of Managed Trade -- 4. The New Protectionism: Washington's War on Global Innovation -- 5. Dinosaurs on the Prowl: Competition Policy in a Changed World -- 6. Losing Its Place: The New Global Capital -- 7. Putting the Chill on Investment: The Battle for Global Presence -- 8. Government from a Global Core: Building the Innovation Infrastructure.

A powerful antiglobal bias in U.S. policy is hampering American enterprise, thwarting the United States from becoming a major player in the global economy.

So says Joseph Pattison, and in Breaking Boundaries he presents a revolutionary perspective on the issues of American competitiveness, arguing that it is endangered not by the trade deficit, exchange rate, or foreign market barriers that dominate Washington's international debate, but by outdated elements of public policy that were built around the paradigms of the industrial age.

Pattison examines in detail how these anachronistic policies are inhibiting innovation, chilling investment, and preventing U.S. firms from gaining full advantage from the interdependent relationships that are driving global industries.

With a compelling combination of data from prominent think tanks and the author's own substantial experience with global enterprise, Breaking Boundaries mounts a direct assault on the foundations of America's antitrust, export control, securities, technology, foreign investment, and import relief policies, revealing for the first time how they have become irrelevant - and downright detrimental - to U.S. business.

There is no better way to subordinate the American economy to the rest of the world than by relying on traditional institutions to meet the very untraditional challenges of the global economy. Pattison offers clear lessons to liberate America so that it can reap what Pattison considers to be the unprecedented benefits of the global economy.