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<p>A television reporter talks about the Facebook IPO at the NASDAQ Marketsite in New York on May 17, 2012 (Keith Bedford/Courtesy Reuters).</p>
A television reporter talks about the Facebook IPO at the NASDAQ Marketsite in New York on May 17, 2012 (Keith Bedford/Courtesy Reuters).

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  • Jonathan Masters
    Deputy Managing Editor

In the face of persistently high unemployment, innovation and entrepreneurship have historically been the primary engine of U.S. job growth. But that engine has been slowing in recent years.

In this CFR Backgrounder, U.S. Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital, Renewing America contributor Steven J. Markovich discusses how entrepreneurs create and finance the startups that power U.S. job growth, and the ramifications of recent policies such as the JOBS Act.