Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Manufacturing policy is moving center stage in the political debate, but U.S. policymakers are getting it wrong again. They are focusing too much on China, and not enough on reforms here at home. (For an example of the focus on China, see this article.)
Here are some practical, focused ideas on how to improve manufacturing policy. Written by Timothy Bartik of the Upjohn Institute, the paper gives us a framework to improve manufacturing policy.
In 1935, the Boulder Dam, Boulder City, Nev. was dedicated. The concrete-arch dam, subsequently named Hoover Dam in 1947, supplied the first U.S. hydroelectric plant to produce a million kilowatts.
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Download this: Bartik paper on manufacturing policy
