Posted on 10 September 2013 by Sara Haimowitz.Reposted from Coalition for a Prosperous America: COSTELLO: I want to talk about the unemployment rate in America.ABBOTT: Good Subject. Terrible Times. It’s 9%.COSTELLO: That many people are out of work?ABBOTT: No, that’s 16%.COSTELLO: You just said 9%.ABBOTT: 9% Unemployed.COSTELLO: Right 9% out of work.ABBOTT: No, that’s 16%.COSTELLO: […]
President Obama spent his time at the G-20 conference in St. Petersburg trying to drum up support for an attack on Syria. As part of that effort he met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Here’s the report from Kyodo news service: Japan and the United States agreed in a summit Thursday to […]
The following script is from “March of the Machines” which aired on Jan. 13, 2013, and was rebroadcast on Sept. 8, 2013. Steve Kroft is the correspondent. Harry Radliffe and Maria Gavrilovic, producers. One of the hallmarks of the 21st century is that we are all having more and more interactions with machines and fewer […]
An employee creates a welding bead on the inside seem of a Pioneer coal stove at the Leisure Line Stove Co. facility in Berwick, Pennsylvania. | Photographer: Ty Wright/Bloomberg Manufacturing is poised to make a bigger contribution to the U.S. expansion after a factory barometer unexpectedly climbed in August to the highest level in more […]
An April Gallup poll suggests Millennials don’t value the “Made in America” movement as much as some might hope. Out of 1,000 people, 45% claim to put special effort into buying American-made products versus 55% who do not. The results, discussed at length in WWD, indicate a large age gap between those who care the most […]
Zaichun Ye, right, a consultant at Verité in China, seeing if a worker is wearing chain mail gloves at a textile factory in Yuhang in Zhejiang province. | Photo Credit: Jonathan Browning for The New York Times Inspectors came and went from a Walmart-certified factory in Guangdong Province in China, approving its production of more […]
You needn’t be a fan of Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA” or a fashionista familiar with QVC designer Susan Graver, who proudly touts her U.S.-manufactured designs, to appreciate that being “Made in America” is making a comeback. Reposted from The Washington Post: Let us celebrate that this Labor Day 2013 is trending toward its […]
Mike Rowe Encourages Students To Learn A Trade I spent a few hours Wednesday night listening to Mike Rowe from Discovery Channels‘Dirty Jobs’ talk about how profoundly disconnected Americans are about jobs, skills and work. We met him at SkillsUSA Annual Championships happening now in Kansas City. Reposted from The Huffington Post: Rowe traveled the world for the past […]
The Federal Reserve’s easy-money policies have boosted U.S. manufacturers, but a more robust rebound in that sector requires less fiscal and regulatory restraint from Washington, a top Fed official said Thursday. Reposted from CNBC: Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher has long complained that U.S. politicians have undermined the economic recovery, […]
As U.S. production costs drop, export manufacturing has become the unsung hero of the economic recovery, a new study shows. | ROBYN BECK / AFP – Getty Images Americans may be fond of lamenting the decline of the country’s economic clout and the flood of “Made in China” goods, but they […]
