Steven Capozzola

Steven Capozzola
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Interests: America's Future Now
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  • Shared Taking On China (Progressive Opinion)
    March 15, 2010 - 11:06am

    Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman makes the case for action on China's currency manipulation.

  • Shared LIVE WEBCAST 9:30 am ET, March 12: Currency Manipulation (News Headline)
    March 11, 2010 - 6:22pm

    China manipulates its currency. President Obama has promised to take action. But how to respond? An EPI forum on March 12 will examine the right path forward. WATCH A LIVE WEBCAST.

  • Shared Buy America Creates Jobs… and the first U.S.-made streetcars in 60 years (Progressive Opinion)
    February 18, 2010 - 2:16pm

    Buy America Works.

  • Shared CBS News asks how to save U.S. manufacturing jobs (Progressive Opinion)
    February 17, 2010 - 1:40pm

    Last night, the CBS Evening News ran an excellent piece on the state of U.S. manufacturing as part of their “Where America Stands” series. In short, CBS asked “How to get back lost manufacturing jobs?”

    It’s good to see the national media covering domestic manufacturing at the same time that Congress debates how to create jobs.

  • Shared New Nuclear Energy Components Must Not be Sourced from China (Progressive Opinion)
    February 16, 2010 - 2:43pm

    New U.S. nuclear power plants should not source components from China--a nation with a very poor track record in product safety.

  • Shared China now 80% of U.S. non-oil goods deficit (Progressive Opinion)
    February 11, 2010 - 1:27pm

    China now accounts for 80% of the U.S. international goods deficit (non-oil). Just a stunningly one-sided trade relationship.

  • Shared It turns Out China Is NOT Buying U.S. Bonds (News Headline)
    January 25, 2010 - 5:28pm

    Contrary to popular belief, China was not the key banker for the U.S. In 2009, China only purchased 5% of U.S. Treasury Securities. American investors purchased the bulk of Treasury bonds.

  • Shared Japan Reverses Course: Will allow U.S. cars in clunkers program (Progressive Opinion)
    January 20, 2010 - 11:02am

    The Japanese government has changed course and will allow American automobiles into their cash for clunkers program. This would be of some help to the Detroit three and “could momentarily boost U.S. makers’ tiny sales there.” (This will also please U.S. lawmakers who had sought reciprocity from the Japanese clunkers program).

  • Published Japan’s Stunning Hubris: Automotive Protectionism (Blog entry)
    January 19, 2010 - 1:39pm

    Here’s a scenario you didn't see: The North American International Auto Show got underway last week and not a single Japanese car was allowed. Such a slight would be unthinkable, but it’s not far from what Japan did recently when it chose to exclude U.S. autos from its “Cash for Clunkers” trade-in program.

    The gall is astounding. In 2009, when the U.S.

  • Shared Glassmaking Thrives Offshore, but Is Declining in U.S. (Progressive Opinion)
    January 19, 2010 - 10:52am

    New York Times reporter Louis Uchitelle reports today that the U.S. glass industry is struggling to survive against subsidized competition from China. Most significantly, the construction of the new World Trade Center in New York City will feature blast-proof Chinese glass for the first 20 stories now under construction.