The Similarities Between Reshoring Manufacturing And Telecommuting
In the past week, both Yahoo! and Best Buy have been both vilified and congratulated for reversing their policies on home commuting. The passions run deep. Home-commuting advocates cite growing numbers...
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The Two Faces of US Manufacturing
The fact is that our trade and economic policies – or lack thereof – are the primary cause of stagnant manufacturing growth in this country. We in and of manufacturing find ourselves in an environment...
View ArticleThomas Jefferson Weighs In On US Manufacturing
I found these quotes from Thomas Jefferson recently, and I can’t stop thinking about ‘em. Not only are they direct and, of course, extraordinarily well-written, they’re still awfully relevant. They...
View ArticleWarnings for US Manufacturing from Eisenhower’s Farewell Address
Dwight ‘Ike’ Eisenhower’s farewell address to the nation at the end of his second term in 1961 is famously remembered for its warning about the ‘military industrial complex’ and the influence –...
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From Thriving To Barely Surviving: Our Lost Manufacturing Generation
Steve Bennish writes about business & economics for the Dayton (OH) Daily News. He’s also the author of a book called ‘Scrappers: Dayton Ohio and America go to scrap.’ It is a sobering, disgusting,...
View ArticleWhat Economists & Academics Get Wrong About US Manufacturing
US manufacturing isn’t healing as fast as we’d like or as quickly as we deserve. On that, most of us can agree. But it sure seems like we’re seeing a steady stream of misguided understanding among much...
View ArticleWe’re Taking US Manufacturing For Granted
Familiarity breeds contempt. Or neglect. We see this all the time. We grow tired of things often in our lives. In relationships. In politics. With music. With food. With jobs. It’s important that we...
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Just How Healthy Is The US Manufacturing Job Market?
I’m not one to rely solely on statistics to tell the entire story. There are usually intangibles – the human element, seemingly unrelated activity – that fill in the blanks. We’re seeing a seemingly...
View ArticleThe Irony Of Tax Dodgers, Reshoring, And US Manufacturing
I find the comparison between those that off-shored manufacturing from the US and those that leave their home countries to avoid taxes awfully compelling. Actually, it’s not the motivations behind...
View ArticleInnovation Blindness: Rare Earth, Ulcers, and Horse Manure
We can’t help it, evidently. We often over-react, over-complicate, and over-spend to find immediate solutions. All at the expense of actually solving long-term, underlying, real, substantive problems....
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