by Bill Scher | Jun 6, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
This week, Wisconsin Republican primary gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker caught the attention of Washington pundits with his latest ad, because it features the candidate attacking President Obama with smug condescension and sarcasm. But I was struck because Walker...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 5, 2012 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America, Minimum Wage
It's almost a shame that Americans are paying very little attention to the GOP's "Pledge To America." But maybe that's because most of it has nothing to do with them. What is not mentioned in the document makes it clear that it doesn't speak to the urgent ...
by Dave Johnson | May 22, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
A number of groups representing American manufacturing companies and industries have asked the Obama administration for clear language that bans currency manipulation to be included in any new trade bills. A coalition of trade groups today sent a joint letter to U.S....
by Dave Johnson | May 11, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
Another month and another terrible trade deficit report. Why is it that DC elites who profess to care so much about deficits say so little about our worst deficit? The trade deficit drains money from our economy, lowers our wages and forces us into an ever-lower...
by Steven Capozzola | May 2, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
Tremulous times in the world of U.S. trade with China. Tomorrow, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will travel to Beijing for the latest semi-annual Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED). At ManufactureThis, we've...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 19, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
When President Nixon went to China in 1972, manufacturing was 22 percent of the nation's economy. It was still 20 percent of the nation's economy eight years later when China was granted most-favored-nation trading status. We're all too familiar with how the story of...
