Abbott and Costello Explain Unemployment
Posted on 10 September 2013 by Sara Haimowitz.Reposted from Coalition for a Prosperous America: COSTELLO: I want to talk about the unemployment rate in America.ABBOTT: Good Subject. Terrible Times. It’s 9%.COSTELLO: That many people…
Will Obama Trade American Jobs for His War on Syria?
President Obama spent his time at the G-20 conference in St. Petersburg trying to drum up support for an attack on Syria. As part of that effort he met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Here's the report from…
Are Robots Hurting Job Growth?
The following script is from "March of the Machines" which aired on Jan. 13, 2013, and was rebroadcast on Sept. 8, 2013. Steve Kroft is the correspondent. Harry Radliffe and Maria Gavrilovic, producers. One of the hallmarks…
Manufacturing in U.S. Expands at a Faster Pace Than Forecast
An employee creates a welding bead on the inside seem of a Pioneer coal stove at the Leisure Line Stove Co. facility in Berwick, Pennsylvania. | Photographer: Ty Wright/Bloomberg
Manufacturing is poised to make a bigger contribution…
Made in America not just a slogan anymore
You needn't be a fan of Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA” or a fashionista familiar with QVC designer Susan Graver, who proudly touts her U.S.-manufactured designs, to appreciate that being “Made in…
The Dirty Job America Must Now Embrace — Closing the Skills Gap
Mike Rowe Encourages Students To Learn A Trade
I spent a few hours Wednesday night listening to Mike Rowe from Discovery Channels'Dirty Jobs' talk about how profoundly disconnected Americans are about jobs, skills and work.…
More Reform, Fewer Rules Will Help U.S. Manufacturing
The Federal Reserve's easy-money policies have boosted U.S. manufacturers, but a more robust rebound in that sector requires less fiscal and regulatory restraint from Washington, a top Fed official said Thursday. …
'Made in USA' On The Rise As Manufacturing Costs Drop
As U.S. production costs drop, export manufacturing has become the unsung hero of the economic recovery, a new study shows. | ROBYN BECK / AFP - Getty Images
Americans may be fond of lamenting the decline of…
Why America Needs a National Manufacturing Strategy
A national manufacturing strategy would help U.S. industries stay on the cutting-edge of emerging technologies, enhance overall knowledge generation and thereby prevent economy-wide erosion of innovation capacity even…
Wal-Mart Pledge to Buy American Meets With Skepticism
Wal-Mart U.S. president and CEO Bill Simon addresses participants at the Wal-Mart U.S. Manufacturing Summit in Orlando, Fla., last Thursday. (Phelan M. Ebenhack/Associated Press)
A verbal commitment by Wal-Mart…
