"Is the German System of Dual Education A Solution to the Skills Gap for U.S. Manufacturing?" (PDF), (Thomas Duesterberg, Presentation at the Sit Investment Associates’ 31st Annual Client Workshop, Scottsdale, Arizona, February 14-17, 2013)

Why Does Manufacturing Matter? Which Manufacturing Matters? A Policy Framework, Susan Helper, Timothy Krueger, and Howard Wial, Brookings, February 2012

The Benefits of Manufacturing Jobs, Economics and Statistics Administration, Commerce Department, ESA Issue Brief #01-12

Aging U.S. Autos, Appliances May Aid Economy: Chart of the Day (David Wilson, Bloomberg, December 7, 2012)

Manufacturing the future: The next era of global growth and innovation (McKinsey Global Institute, November 2012)

Manufacturing (Still) Matters—And How It Can Endure (Kyle Fee, Forefront, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, September 26, 2012)

The Future Is More Than Facebook (Rich Karlgaard, Opinion, The Wall Street Journal, May 16, 2012)

Deputy Secretary of Commerce Blank Delivers Remarks to Manufacturing Program event on "the German Model” (May 16, 2012); and Presentation Charts (PDF)

Patrick Gallagher, Under Secretary of Commerce and NIST Director, Remarks to Manufacturing Program event on “the German Model” (Presentation Charts PDF) May 16, 2012

Friedrich Hubert Esser, President, Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training [BIBB]), Remarks to Manufacturing Program event on “the German Model” (Presentation Charts PDF) May 16, 2012

Dietmar Harhoff, Chairman, Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation, Remarks to Manufacturing Program event on “the German Model” (Presentation Charts PDF) May 16, 2012

German Center for Research and Innovation (GCRI) on the Aspen Manufacturing Program event on the “German Model”, May 16, 2012

"What Works in American and German Manufacturing” (Germany.info, May 24, 2012)

The Amazing Tale of U.S. Energy Independence, Philip K. Verleger, Jr., (The International Economy, Spring 2012)

"A Northern Tiger? Canada’s Economic and Fiscal Renaissance and Its Implications for the United States,"PDF, Jeremy A. Leonard, March 2012

What Germany offers the world, (The Economist, April 14, 2012)

"O Canada!", Analysis of the New Manufacturing &; Society paper on Canadian reform, Ike Brannon and Logan Albright (The Weekly Standard Blog, March 28, 2012)

Watch "A Northern Tiger? Canada’s Economic and Fiscal Renaissance/Implications for the U.S." March 28, 2012

If Canada can fix its economy, then so can U.S., Carter Wood (Business Roundtable Blog, April 2, 2012)

Canada: A Northern Tiger, Michael Hendrix (National Chamber Foundation Blog, April 2, 2012)

Tom Duesterberg: Is Outsourcing R&D Hurting U.S. Manufacturing? (Harvard Business Review March 16, 2012)

"Understanding International Trade in an Era of Globalization: A Value-Added Approach," PDF, Yingying Xu, Economist, Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI), March 2012

MAPI Quarterly U.S. Industrial Outlook, Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation, March 2012

Innovation, Production, and Sustainable Job Creation: Reviving U.S. Prosperity (Dan Breznitz and Peter Cowhey, Connect Innovation Institute, February 2012)

China’s Growth and Trade: Consequences for the US Economy (Dan Glickman, Executive Director and Moderator, The Aspen Institute, February 18-20, 2012)

The Outsized Benefits of U.S. Manufacturing. Howard Wial and Jonathan Rothwell, The Brookings Institution, (Up Front Blog, February 17, 2012

Regarding recent Manufacturing and Society event, Why We Should Thank the Chinese Currency Manipulators (Mark J. Perry, The American, December 2, 2011)

"Manufacturing’s New Innovation Labs," Thomas J. Duesterberg (Harvard Business Review November 14, 2011)

"The Apple Business Model Is Good for U.S. Manufacturing” Thomas J. Duesterberg (The Huffington Post, November 2, 2011)

Chicago Fed Chief Economist Bill Strauss presentation on the Manufacturing Economy: Is the U.S. Losing Its Manufacturing Base? (November 15, 2011) (PDF)

U.S. Manufacturing Has a Key Role in the U. S. Economy of the Future" Thomas J. Duesterberg (The Huffington Post, October 19, 2011)

Watch "The US and Its Manufacturing Future" from the Aspen Ideas Festival.

Reasons To Be Bullish About American Manufacturing by Tom Duesterberg (IndustryWeek, April 2011)

Aspen and the Future of Manufacturing (Harvard Business Review, July 7, 2011)

Facts About Modern Manufacturing (PDF, 4 MB)

NAM’s Frank Vargo on “U.S. Trade Policy and American Manufacturing” (October 2011) (PDF)

The Case for a National Manufacturing Strategy (Stephen Ezell and Robert D. Atkinson, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, April 26, 2011)

BSA 2011 Global IT Competitiveness Index Shows U.S. in Lead (Economist Intelligence Unit; Business Software Association, 2011)

Tom Duesterberg's Congressional Testimony on The Globalization of R&D and Innovation (2007) (PDF)

Tom Duesterberg's Congressional Testimony on Trade with China (2006) (PDF)

Index of Unit Labor Costs in Leading Manufacturing Countries (PDF)