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Why We Need To Revive American Manufacturing
For more than three decades, we have been shedding factories and manufacturing jobs—as well as the suppliers, contractors, shippers, trainers, managers and other jobs that go along with them. Here are some basic facts you should know about the state of American manufacturing, as well as the outlines of a progressive approach that will create new jobs for a 21st-century economy.
ALSO Read Scott Paul on the urgent need to revitalize American manufacturing.
Featured Issues
Under Debate: The State Of Manufacturing
There's no disputing that America's manufacturing sector is on the ropes—or is there? Some experts argue that manufacturing in the U.S. is healthy; it's the workers who have to adjust, not our industrial policy. more »
Our Demand: Create American Jobs
A planned $1.5 billion dollar Texas wind farm—seeking financing with U.S. stimulus money—will create only 30 permanent jobs in America, but 2,000 wind-turbine manufacturing jobs in China. We asked Energy Secretary Steven Chu to prohibit this type of use of Recovery Act funds and have called on the Obama administration to use taxpayer dollars to foster the creation of a green manufacturing sector, with good-paying jobs, here in our own country. These articles explain the issue and why it is important.... more »
Pittsburgh: The Rest of the Story
Pittsburgh is often seen as a city that has successfully made the transition from the old economy to the new. This report examines the city’s story and the lessons of its industrial planning for a nation grappling with how to create the jobs of the future.
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» Fact Sheet: Real Facts About The Real Economy (PDF)
The Facts
The News
U.S. wind power growing fast but still lags
March 19th, 2010
IMF Head Says Yuan Remains Undervalued
March 18th, 2010
The Case
Why is the Wall Street Journal so chummy with China?
The Wall Street Journal defends China's currency manipulation even though the EU, WTO, Japan, and U.S. recognize that it distorts world markets.more »
What Does the U.S. Still Manufacture?
MSNBC reports that the U.S. still manufactures some high-end products, but the job losses are adding up...more »
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So yesterday I looked on the bright side of the Senate's clean energy bill and proclaimed my delight that there is such a thing. Though naturally, this is not the whole story. more »
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2010
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The other day I wrote about the huge impact from California's Toyota NUMMI plant closing,
Toyota takes off with a ton of cash, we pay the costs, it's the way the system is set up -- by us. more »
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2010
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Man China has had a really rough week. A bipartisan group of economists ranging from Paul Krugman to the conservative Fred Bergsten of the Peterson Institute have called for tariffs on China to fix the currency manipulation problem. more »
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19
2010
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The Wall Street Journal says the U.S. is “wrong” to protest China’s “fixed yuan-dollar rate.” Their explanation is that many countries adopt a fixed rate, so as to ensure market stability. China is no different… more »
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19
2010
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Tricky auto loans didn't cause the financial meltdown on Wall Street. Unscrupulous payday lenders didn't cost taxpayers a $700 billion "troubled asset" bailout.
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2010
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China's currency manipulation is a worldwide problem, not just a job-killer here.
U.S. Ambassador Calls China’s Currency Stance ‘a Real Concern’, more »
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17
2010
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Wage theft has become more common in the downturn, the best the country's top economic policy makers can say about the job situation is that they don't "expect substantial further declines in unemployment thi more »
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17
2010
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The Chinese currency manipulation issue continues to make news.
Economist Paul Krugman lays out the stakes,
China is in effect imposing an anti-stimulus of that magnitude — which plausibly means 1.5 percent of GDP. This is not a small issue.
