There have been many opinions expounded via TV news shows, radio talk shows, newspapers, and magazines over the last four years as to why our economy has struggled to create jobs after the recession of 2007-2009 more than any other recession since World War II.

The economic collapse of...

The Obama Administration has continued negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement behind doors closed to the media and without the Congressional involvement that was requested by Congress. Besides being a threat to our national sovereignty as I discussed in a previous blog, it is time to shine the light on...

In his State of the Union address, President Obama declared in his intent to complete negotiations for a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The Obama administration has pursued the TPP through the offices of U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk instead of under the auspices of the Department of State.

This was...

Last week the Economist conducted an online debate on the question: Do multinational corporations have a duty to maintain a strong presence in their home countries? After a very intense written debate between Harry Moser, former president of GF AgieCharmilles and founder of the Reshoring Initiative, and Jagdish...

The "kick the can" legislation that passed in the wee hours of January 1st didn't address the real economic issues threatening a fiscal cliff for the United States -- the massive trade deficit and the rapidly escalating national debt. This article will show how these two economic issues are interrelated.

While the focus of the "Lame Duck" Congress will be to keep us from falling off the cliff of financial ruin from reaching the debt ceiling and sequestration, there are two bills passed by one body of Congress but not the other that should be passed. Both of these bills...

The clock is ticking -- only 55 more days until sequestration takes effect on Jan. 2, 2013. For the uninformed, sequestration is the across-the-board 10 percent cut in discretionary spending in the budget, including the Department of Defense budget, that is mandated by the Budget Control Act of 2011. The...

In "Part 1," we considered how the plans of President Obama and Governor Romney would affect the manufacturing industry with regard to taxes and regulations. In "Part 2" we will take a look at trade and energy policies. Governor Romney's plan is extracted from his "Believe...

Both President Obama and Governor Romney have put the manufacturing industry as the cornerstone of their plans to strengthen the U.S. economy and revitalize business activity. How would their differing plans affect manufacturers, and which would provide the most benefits to the manufacturing industry?

Government has the most impact on...

On August 23rd, the Economic Policy Institute released a briefing paper, "The China Toll: Growing U.S. trade deficit with China cost more than 2.7 million jobs between 2001 and 2011, with job losses in every state," written by Robert Scott.

According to Scott, "Between 2001 and 2011,...

About 150 inventors, "wannabes", entrepreneurs, and service providers gathered for the annual San Diego Inventors Forum contest on June 21, 2012, held at the corporate headquarters of Jack in the Box. The venue was a first for the Inventors Forum, which customarily meets the second Thursday of each...

How would you like to go shopping and find that everywhere you went, the label said "Made in the World" instead of "Made in China," "Made in India," "Made in USA" etc.? The label on products Americans purchase that names the country in which they are made may soon be...

A new report released by the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF) presents a strong case that manufacturing has declined more during the last decade than it did during the Great Depression of the 1930s. It's gratifying to finally see a well-respected non-partisan "think tank" release a report...

The Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) is joining with leading organizations, such as the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), and the National Council For Advanced Manufacturing (NACFAM) to form an alliance to revitalize manufacturing and grow the economy, while improving the standard of living...

In his State of the Union address, President Obama laid out a blueprint for an economy that's built to last -- an economy built on American manufacturing, American energy, skills for American workers, and a renewal of American values.

I share the president's beliefe that "this is...

In his State of the Union address, President Obama placed American manufacturing at the center of a "blueprint" for bringing back jobs and strengthening our economy. After years of being one of the "voices in the wilderness" urging our elected leaders to "save American manufacturing," it was gratifying to hear...

There are numerous ideas and recommendations on how we could create jobs that range from the cautious to the extreme. Most job creation programs proposed by commentators, politicians and economists involve either increased government spending or reductions in income or employment taxes at a time of soaring budget deficits and...

Every Republican candidate has an economic plan they say will create jobs. The truth is that the ability of any president to directly create private sector jobs is very limited, but he can set the focus and present a plan that his/her administration can follow and solicit the support of...

As a candidate for president in 2007-2008, then-Illinois senator, Barrack Obama talked a good game. In December 2007 at the Des Moines Register debate, he pledged "there's no doubt that NAFTA needs to be amended. " At a June 2008 speech in Flint, MI, he said, "If we continue to...

Last week, the Senate Armed Services Committee reported that an investigation found and examined about 1800 cases of suspected counterfeit electronic parts dating from 2009 to last year, totaling about a million individual components. Tracing the supply chain, 70% of the components came through China, where a...