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Manufacturing Hate for 'Made in America' Jul. 19, 2017
It's "Made in America" week in Washington, D.C. You'd think this would be cause for bipartisan celeb... Read More
Promised Land Lost May. 30, 2017
FORT MADISON, IOWA — Only ghosts and shadows haunt the empty halls of Sheaffer Pens, the oneti... Read More
Robot Revolution Apr. 12, 2017
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is taking flak for saying he's "not worried at all" about robots d... Read More
A Stronger Economy Will Also Destroy Jobs Jan. 01, 2017
In South Africa, people who speak Afrikaans use the word "robot" to mean the same thing it means in ... Read More
Trump's Self-Defeating Trade Policy Dec. 11, 2016
Opposition to free trade was to Donald Trump's campaign what burgers are to McDonald's: not the enti... Read More
An 'America First' Trump Trade Policy Nov. 25, 2016
Donald Trump's election triumph is among the more astonishing in history. Yet if he wishes to becom... Read More
A 'Change Election'? Just the Opposite Nov. 24, 2016
Was this a "change election"? Donald Trump's victory is widely attributed to the public's thirst for... Read More
Manufacturing Jobs Decline, Government Jobs Expand Nov. 15, 2016
The economic recovery since the Great Recession of 2007-09 has generally been pretty meager. In fact... Read More
A Political 9/11 Changes Our World Nov. 10, 2016
Like the 2001 terrorist attacks, the Donald Trump upset win threatens Americans' sense of safety and... Read More
Do Trump's White Men Really Want Problems Fixed? Sep. 01, 2016
Some harsh truths: Years ago, blue-collar America suffered mightily in the loss of manufacturing job... Read More
In Manufacturing, Americans Are Back in Action Jul. 07, 2016
Reports of NASA's Juno spacecraft's entering the orbit around Jupiter lit a sparkler in this America... Read More
Thinking Beyond Stage One Jul. 06, 2016
A recent ruling by the U.S. Department of Commerce dramatically increased tariffs on some Chinese st... Read More
On Trade, Trump Is an Encyclopedia of Error Jun. 30, 2016
Donald Trump is not a professor, but for years he will be yielding insights to every student of econ... Read More
A Vote for Trump Is a Vote Against American Consumers Mar. 11, 2016
As I was listening to Donald Trump's performance art/news conference the other night, I wondered whe... Read More
The Left Is So Wrong on Trade May. 14, 2015
The left's success in denying President Obama fast-track authority to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Pa... Read More
Juking the Job Stats Aug. 08, 2014
A decade ago, as the United States hemorrhaged manufacturing jobs, the federal government considered... Read More
Good Reasons to Hate Big Tech Feb. 21, 2014
We love computers and other electronics, but — not unlike an addict's opinion of his dealer &#... Read More
Will Americans Pay for American-Made? Dec. 03, 2013
Wow, this T-shirt costs only $8. Great color. Problem is, your finger could punch a hole through it.... Read More
How Capital Crushed Labor Sep. 01, 2011
Once, it was a Labor Day tradition for Democrats to go to Cadillac Square in Detroit to launch their... Read More
