After the Recession
I graduated from college in 1975, at a time when the economy was still reeling from the gas-shortage–induced recession of the early ‘70s and headed for another downturn in the early 1980s. Many of us...
View ArticleGM: Let’s Get It Over With
My first posting to this blog, during the week of September 18, 2006, was about the auto industry crisis, specifically a buyout plan General Motors was offering to 100,000 of its workers. That plan...
View ArticleWhat to Do about You
Most Americans feel that highly automated, modern factories are important to the growth of the U.S. economy. These same Americans want the Obama administration to offer a manufacturing stimulus package...
View ArticleIs China Still King of Contract Manufacturing?
We’re at what I think is a pivot point for Chinese manufacturing. A number of factors are coalescing toward change, and the global economic blackout might just push things over the edge. For years,...
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