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Manufacturing On Planet Economus

By Dave Johnson
February 7, 2012

Economist Christina Romer had an op-ed in the NY Times this weekend, Do Manufacturers Need Special Treatment? The question that keep coming back to me is why did she feel the need to write an op-ed to diss manufacturing? Is it just an economist thing? more »

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The Jobs Numbers - A True Story

By Dave Johnson
February 3, 2012

The news is just out, the economy added a healthy number of new jobs last month, even with government jobs still declining thanks to austeridiocy. The better news is that there is an accelerating trend. more »

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Democracy v. Plutocracy, Unions vs. Servitude

By Dave Johnson
January 26, 2012

Servitude: "a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life" more »

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President Puts American Manufacturing Front And Center In State Of The Union

By Dave Johnson
January 25, 2012

President Obama put American manufacturing literally at the front and center of his State of the Union speech. American manufacturing was at the front of the speech and at the center of a "blueprint" for bringing back jobs and strengthening our economy. By placing manufacturing front and center he has taken this conversation further than any President before him. more »

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Hold Cheaters, Fraudsters and Exploiters Accountable To Get Our Economy Back

By Dave Johnson
January 23, 2012

The spiral-to-the-bottom and inequality we are suffering is not an inevitable result of globalization, it is what happens when we don't hold cheaters and exploiters accountable and stop them. This is not just about Wall Street, it is the story of what has happened to our wages and benefits, jobs, factories, companies, industries, economy and democracy in the last 30-or-so years. more »

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Did The President's Jobs Council Go All Corporate?

By Dave Johnson
January 18, 2012

President Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness ("Jobs Council") issued a report calling for fewer regulations and lower corporate tax rates. This doesn't have to be a bad idea.

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Use State 'Buy American' Rules To Promote Insourcing

By Dave Johnson
January 11, 2012

President Obama is hosting a forum on "insourcing" today. more »

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Can We 'Insource' Jobs?

By Dave Johnson
January 10, 2012

President Obama will host a forum on insourcing jobs Wednesday. The forum will feature leaders of several companies who have already shifted jobs back home and are encouraging others to do the same. According to the White House, more »

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China Currency Manipulation - From "Enough Is Enough" to "Not Enough To Certify"

By Dave Johnson
December 27, 2011

In November President Obama said, "enough is enough" to China's currency manipulations. Today the Treasury Department said it hasn't seen enough to call China a currency manipulator. more »

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Who Protects Info You Give To Offshored Call Centers?

By Dave Johnson
December 16, 2011

Companies are always looking for ways to reduce the number of people they employ, and for ways to reduce the pay and benefits for the ones they keep. One way they have been doing this is to send jobs out of the country to places where the people don't have the protections of democracy. Then they come back here and threaten the rest of us with losing our jobs, too, if we don't give in. more »

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