
How American Excess is Destroying Lives Overseas
by: Zainab Akande
Check the tag of the clothes you're wearing, either now or sometime after you read this article. There is always small printed text that informs the customer where that item of clothing was made. More often than…

The End of Outsourcing?
After years of building what they hoped would boost profits by enhancing overseas operations, many U.S. manufacturers have become disillusioned by the lack of return on investment they had anticipated. Instead of finding cost-saving…

A Return to Made in America: Why Manufacturing is Making a Comeback
By Brad Plumer
It’s hardly news when a U.S. firm moves its manufacturing operations abroad to China. But what about when a Chinese company sets up a factory in the United States?
That happened in January, when Lenovo,…

What Is ‘Made in America’ Worth?
Probably more than you think. As more manufacturing returns to U.S. shores, early signs show that a "Made in America" label is a serious competitive advantage.
Think of the label "Made in America." What brand images come to mind?…

Those Manufacturing Jobs Aren't Coming Back You Know, Not Ever
Every country has them, those who say that the only thing wrong is that there aren’t enough people making enough things that can be dropped on their feet. That everything would be better if we could just have more of those good old…

More Manufacturing Work Returns to U.S. Shores
Wage pressure in China transportation costs push U.S. companies to shift production back home.
In the corner of a manufacturing plant in St. Charles, a dozen workers steadily assembled electric motors that, until December, were…

U.S. Manufacturing, Household Spending Probably Rose
Economists said before a report today that manufacturing probably picked up in the U.S. in March, showing it is weathering a slowdown in global growth. The Institute for Supply Management’s factory index climbed to 53 from 52.4 in February,…

The Great Reversal: Playing the U.S. Manufacturing Boom
Playing the U.S. Manufacturing Boom
Written by: Jack Hough for The Wall Street Journal
Jack Hough is a columnist at SmartMoney.com
Email: jack.hough@dowjones.com
Investors who have favored emerging markets like China in recent years…

3 Reasons America Is Having A Major Manufacturing Renaissance
Written by: Sam Ro for Business Insider - Money Game
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America is making stuff again.The Wall Street Journal's Jack Hough wrote an article about the hot new…

Manufacturing Jobs Still Matter, As Does the Dollar
Published in today's BUSINESS INSIDER Article by: Dean Baker, CEPR | Apr. 4, 2012, Dean Baker is the co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research Contact: Mr. Dean Baker Subscribe to his RSS feed
Eduardo Porter had an…