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Brookings Hosts Forum on Fostering Economic Growth

Washington, DC
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

CEOs from Nike, Procter & Gamble and Alcoa joins the Brookings Institution Tuesday for a day-long series of panels addressing job creation, economic competitiveness, and innovations in technology.

Participants included: Philip Knight, chairman and co-founder of Nike; Robert McDonald Chairman, president and CEO of Procter & Gamble and Klaus Kleinfeld, chairman and CEO of Alcoa.  They discuss a range of topics from local innovation to global competition.  

The program also included Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, who discussed strategies for reducing the budget deficit without undermining strategies to revitalize the economy.

Updated: Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 3:59pm (ET)

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