RAND researchers engaged external experts in an innovative and iterative participatory foresight approach to envision a U.S. economy in 2040 that supports United States domestic and security needs while benefiting its partners and engaging in strategic competition with potential adversaries. The workshop findings detail assumptions, alternative strategies, and potential pathways that may enable or impede such a future.
This report presents findings from workshops in which participants envisioned possible pathways for the United States economy in 2040 to meet domestic and national security needs in a future characterized by strategic competition with adversaries.
