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JAMES FALLOWS For decades, every trend in manufacturing favored the developing world and worked against the United States. But new tools that greatly speed up development from idea to finished product encourage start-up companies to locate here, not in Asia. Could global trade winds finally be blowing toward America again? […]
Juergen KneifelJanuary 7, 2013 There’s a new craze that hit the airwaves this past holiday season intended to save jobs and reenergize American manufacturing. Blame it on an unnamed economist whose calculations have concluded that, should each of us buy $64 worth of products “made in America,” we will collectively create […]
MARGARET WENTEJanuary 2013 Washington’s epic battle over the “fiscal cliff” would be tragic if it weren’t so pathetic. It reminds me of a cartoon in which the duelling combatants hurl themselves off the precipice and keep fighting until they look down and go splat. The Republicans and Democrats are desperately hoping that cartoon physics applies […]
Mike GodfreyTax-News.comJanuary 3, 2013 Congressional leaders from the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee have introduced, on a bipartisan basis, a bill to provide temporary import tariff relief and, thereby, lower the cost of manufacturing inputs and some finished products not made or available in the United States. […]
ELIZABETH OLSON December 2012 BRANDS reviving the “Made in the U.S.A.” slogan to attract buyers for American-produced goods are relying less on patriotism and more on data that shows consumers are willing to pay a premium for better quality, quicker availability and product safety. But many companies are stepping gingerly, avoiding sweeping claims and spelling […]
(Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda, Orlando Sentinel / December 25, 2012) Mary ShanklinDecember 27, 2012 From the South Florida rock in its concrete slab to the roof trusses milled in Yulee, Greg and Jennifer Gent’s new house may be the only one in Central Florida built entirely with U.S.-made products. The Gents set out earlier this year […]
Nathan Eddy December 27, 2012 A report from the Taiwanese tech publicationDigiTimes said Apple is set to move its Mac Mini production lines back to the U.S. Consumer electronics titan Apple is planning to move production of some of its products to the United States, but until now, the company has kept quiet as to which […]
Edward MoyerDecember 26, 2012 Dueling reports peg the Mini, on the one hand, and the Pro, on the other, as being the Mac involved in Apple CEO Tim Cook’s comments about bringing some Mac production back to the states in 2013. DigiTimes thinks it knows. A new report from the Asia-based […]
by Morris Beschloss December 25, 2 With the traumatic impact of “outsourcing” jobs and production, especially by America’s manufacturing giants, it may come as a surprise to many that the U.S.A. is still the world’s number one generator of manufactured goods production at $1.8 trillion annually. The misconception of America […]
Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife Ryan Galloway We all know the story: American manufacturing is in decline, its jobs sent overseas where cheap labor and lax regulations reign. The demise of domestic manufacturing looms large in the American consciousness, with lost jobs and emptying Rust Belt towns a frequent political sawhorse. […]
