Manufacturing Job Losses

Forget Manufacturing -- The Jobs Aren't Coming Back

Ed Lawler | Posted 10.24.2011

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Ed Lawler

Numerous politicians have stated that the number one concern of the U.S. government should be to focus on jobs, particularly within the manufacturing sector. There are a number of reasons that prove otherwise.

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What If Summers and Romer Are Wrong Again?

Leo Hindery, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christina Romer, Larry Summers, Manufacturing Job Losses, Unemployment, Proteges-of-Bob-Rubin, Bob Rubin, Great Recession, Business News
Leo Hindery, Jr.

The president needs to stop his over-reliance on inputs from men and women who studied at the "Bob Rubin School of Economics," a school with a laissez faire curriculum that for too long has errantly dominated the nation's thinking.

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Not All Jobs Are Created Equal: Why Wall Street's Gain Has Been America's Loss

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Arianna Huffington

It's time to start separating the real economy from the casino economy. And to make sure that with all the talk in Washington about "jobs," we don't let the platitudes become a substitute for urgently needed policies.

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The Myth of the manufacturing recovery

Robert E. Scott | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert E. Scott

Some bloggers have suggested that manufacturing is doing well, just because output has grown for the past few months. One sets up a straw man in a pi...

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America Absolutely Needs a National Manufacturing Policy, Urges Senator Sherrod Brown

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kathleen Wells, J.D.

Over the past year, Brown held a series of hearings examining ways to rebuild U.S. manufacturing and is also fighting to ensure that our nation's trade laws work for domestic manufacturing and American workers.

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Specter-Sestak Attack Each Other From The Left on Free Trade

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Elk

Manufacturing is essential to rebuilding our economy and moving away from the debt-driven boom bust cycles of the past.

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Debbie Cook and Larry Kissell: Two Progressive Democrats for Congress

Erik Ose | Posted 05.25.2011

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Erik Ose

These contests will help determine whether the party can hold off Republicans' attempts to seize back control of Congress, or add seats to the Democratic majority they gained in 2006.

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