How deregulation and private equity have gutted the U.S. freight rail system—and with it, the promise of America’s industrial renewal.
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Posted inMagazine
Manufacturing and Liberty
As Biden strives to break China’s hold on the West, it’s time to relearn America’s no chokepoint strategy.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
What’s Wrong With the Federal Government Buying American?
A slew of procurement laws and policies are meant to help U.S. businesses—but they hardly do.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Trump’s Manufacturing Record Stinks, Newest Data Shows
His trade wars backfired. Jobs are leaving the U.S. And Obama has a much better claim to be a friend of workers
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Trump Is Wrong Again: U.S. Manufacturing Is Not Recovering
Why a promising new Commerce Department report is misleading.
Posted inPolitical Animal
The Real Elitists Who Look Down on Trump Voters
Manufacturing companies in West Virginia tell residents that they can handle carcinogens in the water supply.
Posted inPolitical Animal
The Diverse Economic Interests of Rural America
Industries like recreation, mining and manufacturing are as significant as agriculture.
Posted inEconomy, Featured
The Manufacturing Jobs Program Trump Wants to Kill
The little-known Manufacturing Extension Partnership program has helped grow small businesses like Michele’s Granola.
Posted inBooks, June/July/August 2017, Magazine
Manufacturing Won’t Save Us
At the gut level, allowing our industrial base to shrink seems incredibly unwise. But it’s maddeningly difficult to make an evidence-based case for rescuing it.
Posted inFeatured, Republic 3.0
Trumpism and the New Economy
What Washington needs to understand about the larger forces at work.
