manufacturing

Free trade is like free love. If you have different sex partners, you need protection. If you have different trading partners, you need protectionism. Failure to take this precaution will expose your nation to Acquired Industrial Deficiency Syndrome, in which manufacturing muscle is replaced by...

President Obama said “tax deduction” and “manufacturing”. The president Obama has alluded to a tax reduction favoring manufacturing. I can’t comment explicitly upon a proposal that has yet to be published, but I can address the two terms “tax deduction” and “manufacturing”. With regard to...

Check out this piece by the Atlantic about manufacturing in the United States, how it has changed, and what it means for unskilled labor and jobs. It tells the story of a couple of workers from a particular plant, but covers many of the big picture issues that are so important right now...

According to Peter Gorenstein http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2688608/posts Ending a 110-year run for America as the world's dominant produce, China has overtaken the United States as the world's largest producer of goods. According to economics research firm IHS Global...