Summary
In the article, “The Illiteracy Time Bomb,” Aaron Bernstein says “Ten years ago, what worried corporate leaders most was the U.S. competitiveness would be undercut by in adequate workforce skills.” Some fears went away when the economy had went up in the late 1900’s and productivity also had rised. A series of questions about the countries capital, and the U.S. schools was still waiting to be asked. The educational Testing Service found out that the literacy of American adult is 10th of 17 industrialized countries. There is a gap in the U.S. between highly and poorly educated adults when it comes to minorities and immigrants. This number will drop more if adult training and education don’t improve. U.S. ranking is beat out by most of its major trading partners except Germany. There are more minorities, immigrants, and poor people in the U.S. than other participating countries. There are gaps between rich and the poor in the United State and the economy grows faster when more rewards go to talented and the entrepreneurial. The low skilled underclass is a big threat to the economic growth, unless the United State re-double its educational efforts for those at the bottom.
Work Cited

Bernstein, Aaron. The Illiteracy Time Bomb. 14 Feb. 2002.28 Sep. 2004.
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