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Category Archives: Manufacturing
America’s creativity conceit
One of the biggest misconceptions in the American trade debate is the idea that America can count on superior creativity to stay ahead of the crowd. [Article as published in the American Conservative on November 21, 2007.] TOKYO. Almost everything the … Continue reading
Posted in American decline, China, Global economy, History, Japan, Manufacturing, Service economy
Tagged american creativity, assembled in china, big science, china sphere, collider, daniel griswold, designed by apple in california, edward miller, ipod, ivan p. hall, john snow, magnetic compass, mitsubishi zero, pat choate, u.s.-china economic and security review commission
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The Sphinx in winter
America’s burgeoning trade deficits threaten Greenspan’s legacy. (This article was first published in the March 1 , 2004 issue of the American Conservative.) For those who watch the American economy, the Internet boasts few more useful resources than the web … Continue reading
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Tagged alan greenspan, buy-the-dollar, lester thurow, lou dobbs, the sphinx
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The silence of the laureates
Surprise, surprise — America’s economics laureates are uneasy about the U.S. trade deficits. (As first published in the American Prospect on August 13, 2001.) Are America’s trade deficits too high? Judging by the American intellectual establishment’s body language, the answer … Continue reading
Political advantage: A classic article by Pat Choate
This classic article on the Japanese trade lobby by Pat Choate, which was first published in the September-October 1990 issue of the Harvard Business Review, is presented here with the permission of the author. Political Advantage: Japan’s Campaign for America By … Continue reading
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Tagged chalmers johnson, charles von loewenfeldt, chrysanthemum club, consumers for world trade, david olive, Donald Riegle, fujisankei, george packard, harvard business review, herbert e. meyer, industrial espionage, inhofe, japan bashing, japanese trade lobby, john young, keidanren, kevin kearns, miti, pat choate, reagan, rehm, revolving door, toshiba machine, vers, von raab
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