The Risks of an Eroding Manufacturing Sector By Holly A. Bell When I wrote the article Manufacturing: America’s Next Industrial Evolution? the primary purpose was to consider how to compete in a global manufacturing environment. I briefly mentioned national security as one reason we should actively seek to bring manufacturing back to the US and …
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Is China Vulnerable? [repostus hash=d1a231dfac5956ecc958661b8854a8c4 title=Europe%20crisis%20could%20halve%20China’s%20growth%3A%20IMF host=AFP short=15ztw] Will the U.S. Manufacturing sector be better able to compete with China?
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A slightly different perspective on an article I published last week entitled: Manufacturing: America’s Next Industrial Evolution? On globalization from Thomas Palley: [repostus hash=7d37db8850fe1a81c1fad8413e47bc43 title=The%20Economic%20and%20Geo-Political%20Implications%20of%20China-Centric%20Globalization host=American%20Think%20Tank short=15BAf] Image courtesy of Stuart Miles
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By Holly A. Bell While I understand and accept the arguments for why globalization is a positive thing—higher wages and a growing global middle-class, lower cost of goods, and more goods available through specialization and trade (just to name a few)—an increasingly globalized manufacturing sector gives me cause for concern about competitive advantage in the …
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Alaska suggests Central Park as restitution for ANWR. By Holly A. Bell Alaskan’s are an independent bunch by nature. They really don’t like to be told what to do, especially by outsiders. Even though I’ve only lived here a little less than 4 years, I can assure you that sense of independence spreads to you …
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So who are the top 1% of wage earners in America? By Holly A. Bell What are their lives and households like and what do they do? The New York Times recently published an article that gives us some real insights into the highest 1% of income earners. You might be surprised who they are. …
By Holly A. Bell I had an opportunity to meet Steve Forbes Wednesday and hear him discuss the economy, the Presidential election, healthcare, and government’s role in the economy. I decided he and I would get along just fine. This was actually not my first encounter with Mr. Forbes. The first was when he and …
By Holly A. Bell Many years ago I asked my now nearly 90-year-old grandmother when the wisdom of age sets in and we start to feel in control of our lives. She made one of those “Ha!” noises and said she still felt like she was in her 20s, can’t figure out how she got …
