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Make it in America : the case for re-inventing the economy / Andrew Liveris

By: Language: eng Publication details: Hoboken : Wiley , 2012 Description: 224 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781118199626
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.973
LOC classification:
  • HD 3616  L784m 2012
Contents:
The rise and fall. How we fell out of love with manufacturing ; The multiplier effect ; Manufacturing tomorrow ; Surviving the crisis ; A tale of two nations -- Separating what can't be separated. The truth about the manufacturing crisis ; Adding value the only way we can ; Trying to survive on ideas alone ; Where manufacturing goes, the ideas follow -- Fighting offshoring. Should I stay or should I go? ; It isn't what you think ; Taxing problems ; Funding the future ; Regulating our way into a muddle ; Trading our way to prosperity -- Energy drives the world. A big energy bill, and not just for power ; The new new ; Germany's green miracle ; China's green revolution ; America can't compete -- Building tomorrow. Education: "a permanent national recession" ; Developing the right skills for the new workplace ; Preventing a worker shortage ; What america doesn't understand that other nations do ; The tortoise and the hare ; A new foundation of infrastructure ; Funding the future -- Built to compete. An ambitious agenda ; Changing the way we tax ; National incentive strategy ; Regulatory policy ; Everyone needs good trading partners -- The long game. The human element: education and immigration ; Innovation and competitiveness -- The fork in the road.
Summary: The case for revolutionizing the U.S. economy, from a leading CEO America used to define itself by the things we built. We designed and produced the world's most important innovations, and in doing so, created a vibrant manufacturing sector that established the middle class.
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HD 3616 L784m 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000126890

The rise and fall. How we fell out of love with manufacturing ; The multiplier effect ; Manufacturing tomorrow ; Surviving the crisis ; A tale of two nations --
Separating what can't be separated. The truth about the manufacturing crisis ; Adding value the only way we can ; Trying to survive on ideas alone ; Where manufacturing goes, the ideas follow --
Fighting offshoring. Should I stay or should I go? ; It isn't what you think ; Taxing problems ; Funding the future ; Regulating our way into a muddle ; Trading our way to prosperity --
Energy drives the world. A big energy bill, and not just for power ; The new new ; Germany's green miracle ; China's green revolution ; America can't compete --
Building tomorrow. Education: "a permanent national recession" ; Developing the right skills for the new workplace ; Preventing a worker shortage ; What america doesn't understand that other nations do ; The tortoise and the hare ; A new foundation of infrastructure ; Funding the future --
Built to compete. An ambitious agenda ; Changing the way we tax ; National incentive strategy ; Regulatory policy ; Everyone needs good trading partners --
The long game. The human element: education and immigration ; Innovation and competitiveness --
The fork in the road.

The case for revolutionizing the U.S. economy, from a leading CEO America used to define itself by the things we built. We designed and produced the world's most important innovations, and in doing so, created a vibrant manufacturing sector that established the middle class.

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