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February 12, 2013

Education
Manufacturing: Another Look at the Skills Shortage

I spent a fascinating day last Thursday at meeting organized by Atlantic magazine under the title: Manufacturing’s Next Chapter. Here was the most startling piece. According to the Bureau of Labor St…

Worker Derrick Williams loads material into a cutting machine at a Wrap-Tite manufacturing facility in Solon, Ohio July 13, 2012 (Aaron Josefczyk/Courtesy Reuters)
Blog Post by Edward Alden Renewing America

January 20, 2012

Education
Why Manufacturing Will Not Lead a Jobs Recovery

The White House has recently been trumpeting the small signs of revival in U.S. manufacturing. After shedding more than 2.2 million jobs since 2007, U.S. manufacturers have added about 330,000 jobs o…

A Toyota automaker employee moves an engine at the Toyota assembly line in Huntsville, Alabama (Carlos Barria/Courtsey Reuters).
Blog Post by Edward Alden Renewing America

February 29, 2012

Education
How to Tackle the Manufacturing Skills Shortage

Is there a skills shortage that is hampering the still modest, but encouraging recovery of U.S. manufacturing? That is increasingly the consensus among many economists, and surveys of manufacturing e…

A worker installs parts onto the dashboard for a new car as it moves along the assembly line at a General Motors assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio (Aaron Josefczy/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Edward Alden Renewing America

May 10, 2012

Trade
Morning Brief: Brookings Maps U.S. Manufacturing

The Brookings Institution released a comprehensive report on the geography of U.S. manufacturing and found that different areas specialize in different sectors. Almost 95 percent of very high-tech an…

Seattle, Washington has an aviation cluster with facilities such as the final assembly plant for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, seen here at Boeing Field after its maiden flight in December 2009. (Robert Sorbo/Courtesy Reuters)
Blog Post by Renewing America Staff Renewing America

January 18, 2012

Trade
Morning Brief: Hopes for U.S. Manufacturing Resurgence

U.S. manufacturing employment has risen faster than in any other leading developed economy since the start of the recovery, feeding hopes the country is beginning a sustained manufacturing resurgence…

Blog Post by Jonathan Masters Renewing America