by Dave Johnson | Aug 28, 2009 | Blog
When China was accepted into the World Trade Organization, they agreed that if we experienced import surges of Chinese goods that caused "market disruption," we would be allowed to limit the import of those goods. The particular section of the agreement is called...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 26, 2009 | Blog
This is a story we are all too familiar with: Wall Street vs. Main Street. Irresponsible behavior leads to bonuses for Wall Street while working hard and playing by the rules leads to unemployment and foreclosure for Main Street. You've heard the elements of the...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 19, 2009 | Blog, Making it in America
Last week Harold Meyerson wrote a great column in the Washington Post, Just One Word: Factories, promoting American manufacturing. Meyerson wrote, “Since 1987, manufacturing as a share of our gross domestic product has declined 30 percent. Once the world's leading net...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 18, 2009 | Blog
Trade is not complicated. Trade is just an exchange of goods. You trade something for something. I buy something from you, and in exchange you buy something from me. It is simple. It is a win-win bargain because we both end up with something we needed. The wealth of...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 17, 2009 | Blog
The health care debate is bringing America's division out into the open: Is America going to work for the benefit of its people or for the few who benefit from concentrated ownership of large corporations? Who is our economy FOR, anyway? The argument over health care...
