Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm
The Role of Technology, Policy, and Trade
Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm
ISBN: 978-1-041-38795-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
A vibrant manufacturing sector is essential to the economic welfare and national security of the United States. Yet for decades, industry and government leaders have avoided practices that other nations have embraced. These choices now place the U.S. at a disadvantage when establishing and scaling new manufacturing capabilities. Two simple questions reveal the core of the problem. First: Why has the United States lost 33% of its manufacturing workforce (six million jobs) since 2000? Second: Why has Germany, a fellow high-tech economy, avoided anything close to such losses?
This book provides honest, evidence-based answers to these questions, illuminating the policy failures, structural weaknesses, and strategic gaps that have undermined American manufacturing. More importantly, they point directly to the steps required to spark a true revival of modern U.S. manufacturing. Blending clear explanation with sharp analysis, this book offers a comprehensive tour of the American manufacturing ecosystem: its economic and strategic value, its global competitors, and the forces (e.g., trade policy, management philosophies, cybertheft, intellectual property, labor practices, and government investment) that shape its strength. It also provides one of the first nuanced discussions of the ethics of manufacturing and trade, confronting issues that are often ignored yet essential to any honest conversation about global competition.
The book challenges readers to look beyond familiar headlines. Yes, the United States runs a massive trade deficit with China—but few realize that state-sponsored cybertheft extracts a comparable amount each year. Many know about labor abuses in overseas factories, but far fewer understand how illegal labor practices distort global markets or why certain investments are labeled “infrastructure” while others are dismissed as threats to free markets. These realities matter, and they directly influence America’s economic resilience, national security, and technological future. At its core, this is a call to rethink American manufacturing—not as a fading relic of shuttered foundries, but as a foundation for high-tech growth, well-paid careers, and national strength. It explains how decades of underinvestment and policy missteps allowed competitors to surge ahead, especially after China entered the WTO, and it outlines what the United States must do to rebuild a thriving, competitive manufacturing base.
This book invites readers to imagine a different future: one where factories are expanding, not closing; where innovation is made in America; and where national defense and economic prosperity are never in doubt. The United States has long been a manufacturing powerhouse. With informed policy and renewed commitment, it can remain one.
Zielgruppe
Professional Practice & Development
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Wirtschaftliche Globalisierung
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Strategisches Management
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Fertigungsindustrie
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Einkauf, Logistik, Supply-Chain-Management
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Management: Führung & Motivation
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Personalwesen, Human Resource Management
Weitere Infos & Material
1 How Did It Come to This?
2 A Brief Historical Perspective of American Manufacturing
3 Modern Product Development and Manufacture
4 The Technology Readiness Level Approach
5 The Importance of Manufacturing in Modern Economies
6 The Myth of the Post-Manufacturing Economy
7 Free/Fair Trade and The Pax Americana
8 Automation and Its Influence
9 Manufacturing and Materials
10 Manufacturing and Artificial Intelligence
11 Manufacturing and Energy
12 Manufacturing and National Security
13 The Manufacturing Ecosystem
14 Modernization of the Workforce
15 Labor and the Moral Limits to Capitalism
16 Basic Research Funding
17 Applied Research Funding
18 Demonstration and Manufacture
19 Potential Government Impact on Manufacturing Activity
20 Intellectual Property and Cybersecurity
21 Tariffs and Other Barriers
22 Issues with Management
23 The Path Forward
