Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 136 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 273 g
The Case for Re-Inventing the Economy
Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 136 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 273 g
ISBN: 978-1-118-19962-6
Verlag: Wiley
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. We manufactured our way to the top and became the undisputed economic leader of the world. But over the last several decades, and especially in the last ten years, the sector that was America's great pride has eroded, costing us millions of jobs and putting our long-term prosperity at risk.
Now, as we struggle to recover from the worst recession in generations, our only chance to turn things around is to revive the American manufacturing sector--and to revolutionize it. In Make It in America: The Case for Reinventing the Economy, Andrew Liveris--Chairman and CEO of The Dow Chemical Company--offers a thoughtful and passionate argument that America's future economic growth and prosperity depends on the strength of ist manufacturing sector.
* The book explains how a manufacturing sector creates economic value on a scale unmatched by any other, and how central the sector is to creating jobs both inside and outside the factory
* Explores how other nations are building their manufacturing sectors to stay competitive in the global economy, and describes how America has failed to keep up
* Provides an aggressive, practical, and comprehensive agenda that will put the U.S. back on track to lead the world
It's time to stop accepting as inevitable the shuttering of factories and staggering job losses that have come to define manufacturing. It's time to acknowledge the cost of inaction. There is no better company to make the case for reviving U.S. manufacturing than The Dow Chemical Company, one of the world's largest manufacturers and most global corporations. And there's no better book to show why it needs to be done and how to do it than Make It in America.
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Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xix
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 The Rise and Fall 11
How We Fell Out of Love with
Manufacturing 14
The Multiplier Effect 19
Manufacturing Tomorrow 22
Surviving the Crisis 25
A Tale of Two Nations 27
Chapter 2 Separating What Can't Be Separated 31
The Truth about the Manufacturing Crisis 36
Adding Value the Only Way We Can 40
Trying to Survive on Ideas Alone 44
Where Manufacturing Goes, the Ideas Follow 49
Chapter 3 Fighting Offshoring 53
Should I Stay or Should I Go? 56
It Isn't What You Think 59
Taxing Problems 63
Funding the Future 67
Regulating Our Way into a Muddle 69
Trading Our Way to Prosperity 73
Chapter 4 Energy Drives the World 81
A Big Energy Bill, and Not Just for Power 82
The New New 87
Germany's Green Miracle 91
China's Green Revolution 94
America Can't Compete 98
Chapter 5 Building Tomorrow 103
Education: "A Permanent National Recession" 105
Developing the Right Skills for the New
Workplace 109
Preventing a Worker Shortage 111
What America Doesn't Understand That Other Nations Do 114
The Tortoise and the Hare 117
A New Foundation of Infrastructure 118
Funding the Future 124
Chapter 6 Built to Compete 129
An Ambitious Agenda 132
Changing the Way We Tax 134
National Incentive Strategy 136
Regulatory Policy 137
Everyone Needs Good Trading Partners 141
Chapter 7 The Long Game 145
The Human Element: Education and Immigration 147
Innovation and Competitiveness 154
Chapter 8 The Fork in the Road 163
Epilogue 175
Bibliography 189
About the Author 213
About The Dow Chemical Company 215
Index 217
