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It Is Time To Put Our Foot Down: Ten Steps We Can Take to Stop Closing Factories and Eliminating Jobs

By Dave Johnson
March 10, 2010

The economy is still getting worse more slowly. We lost "only" 36,000 jobs last month. We need to create 11 million new jobs just to get back to where we were before "free-market" conservatives took over our government and dismanted the protections and regulations that had protected us from this. read more »

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NUMMI Closing Highlights Need for U.S. Manufacturing Policy

By Tula Connell
March 5, 2010

Closing the New United Motors Manufacturing Inc. automotive plant in California will eliminate 25,000 jobs in the state and cost taxpayers $2.3 billion to replace the jobs lost, according to a March 3 report by University of California professor Harley Shaiken. read more »

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Senator Shelby's "Holds" Show Need For National Industrial Policy

By Dave Johnson
February 5, 2010

Senator Shelby is placing "holds" (filibusters) on ALL OF the President's nominees, all by himself

Richard Shelby puts hold on President Obama's nominees read more »

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Jobs: White House Manufacturing Policy Document and Meeting

By Dave Johnson
December 17, 2009

This week the Obama administration came out with a new policy paper, "Framework for Revitalizing American Manufacturing" to coincide with a White House meeting with manufacturers. read more »

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Making It In America: Building The New Economy

Where We’re Going. How We’ll Get There.

By Eric Lotke and Armand Biroonak
Institute for America's Future
10/29/2009
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We can’t go back to the economy of the past—a high-consumption, low-wage economy based on asset bubbles and foreign borrowing. Our response to the current crisis must plant the seeds for the economy of the future. America needs an industrial policy to shape that future. From workforce development to component manufacture, we need a strategic collaboration between the private sector and the government to reach our shared national goals. This report makes the case for that policy and explains what should be the key elements. read more »

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The Case For Big Government

By Jeff Madrick
October 22, 2009

America had been living a free-market myth for a generation until the credit crisis of 2008 and 2009 descended on the nation—and the world. One expression of that myth, found frequently on the editorial pages of the popular media, was that government does not grow economies, business does. In other words, government, don't meddle where you're not needed. read more »

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A New Economy from Old Roots?

By Dave Johnson
September 30, 2009

How do we build a new economy out of the collapse of the old economy? How do we start fresh to begin creating jobs again, while building in economic and environmental sustainability, as well as workplaces that respect human needs and rights? read more »

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Pittsburgh, G-20 and the New Economy: Lessons to Learn, Choices to Make

By Eric Lotke
Institute for America's Future
09/21/2009
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It is fitting that the G-20 summit meets in Pittsburgh in late September 2009. Pittsburgh has come back from enormous setbacks in its dominant industry, steel, through a combination of deliberate planning, public investment, and partnerships between government and private industry. But Pittsburgh’s comeback reveals the limitations of local efforts. In the absence of a national industrial strategy and a different approach to trade, the U.S. will be lucky to end up where Pittsburgh is now. This report examines the lessons national policy leaders should learn from Pittsburgh's experience. read more »

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The Chinese Steel Steal

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Submitted by Isaiah J. Poole
August 13, 2009

Scott Paul, executive director of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, explains how Chinese steel manufacturers gain an unfair trade advantage over their U.S. counterparts, even though U.S. plants are demonstrably more efficient and technologically advanced. He spoke to a group of bloggers at the Netroots Nation conference in Pittsburgh Aug. read more »

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F-22 Fight Unveils a Broken Policy

By Armand Biroonak
August 5, 2009

As I’ve written prior, the very expensive F-22 fighter jet program will likely end when Congress passes the defense authorization later this year. Its demise though came only after a hard fight between the Obama administration and Congress. read more »

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