Saving American manufacturing : the fight for jobs, opportunity, and national security / William R. Killingsworth.
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- computer
- online resource
- 9781606496114
- Industrial policy -- United States
- Manufacturing industries -- United States
- balance of trade
- currency intervention
- currency manipulation
- imports
- income inequality
- industrial production
- job loss
- manufacturing
- manufacturing establishments
- NAFTA
- productivity
- unemployment
- value of shipments
- World Trade Organization
- 338.973 23
- HD3616.U47 K557 2014
- Also available in print.
Part of: 2014 digital library.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-272) and index.
1. Background -- 2. Historical job losses in manufacturing -- 3. Loss of establishments -- 4. Observations on employment and the number of establishments -- 5. Manufacturing plant closings by size -- 6. Industrial production and industry output -- 7. Imports and balance of payments -- 8. Findings, a history of warnings, and corrective policy actions -- Epilogue -- About the author -- References -- Index.
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Documents the decline of economic and intellectual wealth caused by the loss of U.S. manufacturing. Presents clear arguments as to why manufacturing is essential to the United States, and how our nation can capture, benefit, and drive the future of the world economy via embracing global concepts of manufacturing and taking the lead on innovating its future.
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