Joe Nocera (NYT) and Rana Foroohar (Time) join Charlie Herman (WNYC) on Money Talking discuss if the just what kind of manufacturing renaissance we’re seeing in the U.S. – is it for real and what types of jobs will it create. Last week, Rana wrote the cover story for Time magazine on the topic and Joe just visited a company making …
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Is the U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance Real?
U.S. manufacturing is back. That’s been the conventional economic wisdom for months now. But at least one economic seer is throwing a bit of cold water on the idea.
Lots of Goodies Were Stuffed into the Fiscal Cliff Deal
A host of special interests, from filmmakers to rum distillers, got tax breaks in last week’s fiscal cliff deal.
America’s Gun Economy, By the Numbers
The shooting in Newtown, Conn., that killed six adults and 20 children on Friday has once again refocused the nation’s attention on guns and gun control. Below are numbers to give some sense of the size and scope of the gun …
How the ‘Maker’ Movement Plans to Transform the U.S. Economy
In his new book, WIRED editor-in-chief Chris Anderson writes that technology has “democratized the means of production.”
Can Robots Bring Manufacturing Jobs Back to the U.S.?
Heading into the 20th century, America was a predominantly rural country. Roughly 40% of the nation’s labor force toiled on farms alongside 22 million work animals. One hundred years later, fewer than 2% of U.S. workers are …
Has the European Slowdown Finally Hit the U.S.?
Many Americans are using the July 4 holiday as an opportunity to get away for the week, and there’s no better time to hide from dour headlines blanketing the financial press. Unemployment has hit a new record high in Europe, …
Jumpstart Nation: The Clinton Global Initiative Tackles America’s Jobs Crisis
The Clinton Global initiative was created in 2005 to “inspire, connect, and empower a community of global leaders to forge solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges.” Seven years ago, when developed economies were …
Reinventing the Paddle: A Small Company Rides the ‘Stand-up’ Wave
Necessity is the mother of invention, and in 1990 that necessity was a wedding gift for Dave Chun’s friends and fellow members of the Kailua Canoe Club in Hawaii, where outrigger paddling is as prolific as running or cycling on …
The Myth of American Decline: An Interview with Author Daniel Gross
You don’t have to look very hard to find proof that over the past five years Americans have evolved into a very pessimistic bunch. Far more of us think the country is headed in the wrong direction than think it’s on the right …
The Top Ten Fastest-Growing Industries in America
A New Chinese Export — Jobs
Bucking the decades-old wave of offshoring of manufacturing jobs to China, other parts of Asia and Mexico, GE said it would move jobs back from these countries to the United States, where it will build water heaters.