He points out that personal responsibility, resourcefulness, reliability, resiliency and openness for transformational change characterize growth-oriented and highly productive employees.

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As I said, we've got experts from a wide range of business sectors, and what we're going to talk about is, are there mechanisms that we can start putting in place where we see the kind of growth that used to characterize the U.S. economy -- export-driven growth, manufacturing growth, growth that pays high wages and provides high living standards for a broad-based middle class.

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Although the most likely economic outlook is for what I would characterize as light-to-moderate growth, the risk of recession remains, centered mostly on Europe.

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