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==Introduction==

Over the past century, the United States has witnessed two social trends which have had a significant impact on the country's economic growth. First, women have gone in large-scale numbers into the official labor force, and second, the country as a whole but particularly women are achieving a higher degree of education than in years past. However, economists predict that economic growth from these two trends is unlikely to be repeated to the same magnitude; these trends have slowed from their spikes in the mid to late 1900's and room for growth is smaller now than it was before. With this, everyone is looking for the 21st Century economy-boosting equivalent to women entering the labor force and higher educational attainment. Given the slowing rates of business creation, the long-term pessimism