Made in the USA

Made in the USA
Author: Vaclav Smil
Publsiher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2015-08-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780262528351

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An overview of the state of manufacturing in America—both past and present—and how this sector and the jobs it creates are essential to the American economy “There's no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.” —Bill Gates In Made in the USA, Vaclav Smil powerfully rebuts the notion that manufacturing is a relic of predigital history and that the loss of American manufacturing is a desirable evolutionary step toward a pure service economy. Smil argues that no advanced economy can prosper without a strong, innovative manufacturing sector and the jobs it creates. Smil explains how manufacturing became a fundamental force behind America’s economic, strategic, and social dominance. He describes American manufacturing’s rapid rise at the end of the nineteenth century, its consolidation and modernization between the two world wars, its role as an enabler of mass consumption after 1945, and its recent decline. Some economists argue that shipping low-value jobs overseas matters little because the high-value work remains in the United States. But, asks Smil, do we want a society that consists of a small population of workers doing high-value-added work and masses of unemployed? Smil assesses various suggestions for solving America’s manufacturing crisis, including lowering corporate tax rates, promoting research and development, and improving public education. Will America act to preserve and reinvigorate its manufacturing? It is crucial to our social and economic well-being; but, Smil warns, the odds are no better than even.

Made in the U S A

Made in the U S A
Author: Billie Letts
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2014-07-01
Genre: FICTION
ISBN: 0446599093

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The bestselling author of "Where the Heart Is" returns with this alternately heartbreaking and life-affirming story of two gutsy children who must discover how cruel, unfair, and frightening the world is before they come to a place they can finally call home.

Made in America

Made in America
Author: Claude S. Fischer
Publsiher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 528
Release: 2010-05-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0226251454

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Our nation began with the simple phrase, “We the People.” But who were and are “We”? Who were we in 1776, in 1865, or 1968, and is there any continuity in character between the we of those years and the nearly 300 million people living in the radically different America of today? With Made in America, Claude S. Fischer draws on decades of historical, psychological, and social research to answer that question by tracking the evolution of American character and culture over three centuries. He explodes myths—such as that contemporary Americans are more mobile and less religious than their ancestors, or that they are more focused on money and consumption—and reveals instead how greater security and wealth have only reinforced the independence, egalitarianism, and commitment to community that characterized our people from the earliest years. Skillfully drawing on personal stories of representative Americans, Fischer shows that affluence and social progress have allowed more people to participate fully in cultural and political life, thus broadening the category of “American” —yet at the same time what it means to be an American has retained surprising continuity with much earlier notions of American character. Firmly in the vein of such classics as The Lonely Crowd and Habits of the Heart—yet challenging many of their conclusions—Made in America takes readers beyond the simplicity of headlines and the actions of elites to show us the lives, aspirations, and emotions of ordinary Americans, from the settling of the colonies to the settling of the suburbs.

Made in the U S A

Made in the U S A
Author: Thomas V. DiBacco
Publsiher: Beard Books
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2003
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1587982080

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Narrative of 350 years of American business, including the persons, events and inventions of the past.

Made in the U S A

Made in the U S A
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Capital Access, and Tax
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2014
Genre: Employment forecasting
ISBN: MINN:31951D03653544C

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Made by the USA

Made by the USA
Author: A. Hybel
Publsiher: Springer
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2001-04-20
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780312292805

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Made by the U.S.A., The International System is a historical account, embedded in a set of theoretical constructs, of the two hundred year drive by the United States to first, become a global power and, second, create an international security and economic system capable of protecting and promoting its strategic and economic interests.

Made in the USA

Made in the USA
Author: Vaclav Smil
Publsiher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2013-08-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780262316750

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An argument that America's economy needs a strong and innovative manufacturing sector and the jobs it creates. “There's no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.” —Bill Gates In Made in the USA, Vaclav Smil powerfully rebuts the notion that manufacturing is a relic of predigital history and that the loss of American manufacturing is a desirable evolutionary step toward a pure service economy. Smil argues that no advanced economy can prosper without a strong, innovative manufacturing sector and the jobs it creates. Smil explains how manufacturing became a fundamental force behind America's economic, strategic, and social dominance. He describes American manufacturing's rapid rise at the end of the nineteenth century, its consolidation and modernization between the two world wars, its role as an enabler of mass consumption after 1945, and its recent decline. Some economists argue that shipping low-value jobs overseas matters little because the high-value work remains in the United States. But, asks Smil, do we want a society that consists of a small population of workers doing high-value-added work and masses of unemployed? Smil assesses various suggestions for solving America's manufacturing crisis, including lowering corporate tax rates, promoting research and development, and improving public education. Will America act to preserve and reinvigorate its manufacturing? It is crucial to our social and economic well-being; but, Smil warns, the odds are no better than even.

Black Man made in the U S A

Black Man made in the U S A
Author: ALFRED A. DAVIS
Publsiher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2010-04-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781450069052

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This writing is not to be anywhere close to an absolute or a proven scientific study. It is only meant to advance the thought and induce curiosity, to consider the history of the African Americans and ponder the possibilities of the effects of slavery upon this race of people. This is only a theory that is for the advancement of thought.