At a recent Aspen Institute Manufacturing & Society event on the German Model of manufacturing excellence, one consistent theme emerged: the United States must do a better job training skilled workers for the modern factory floor.
The Institute’s Manufacturing and Society Program’s Executive Director Thomas J. Duesterberg addresses the application of the German Model to the American manufacturing sector, and introduces a high-level convening to examine the possibilities.
Two widely read sources weighed in yesterday on the debate about how much America should focus on reviving the manufacturing sector. Both Matt Yglesias' "Forget the Factories" and Catherine Rampell's "Never Mind Factories. Think Services" argue that the recent promotion of the "factory sector" is wrong-headed and potentially counterproductive.
This lunchtime event discusses whether US trade policy is helping or hurting manufacturers, and features Amb. Susan Schwab, former U.S. Trade Representative, and Dr. Jared Bernstein, former principal economic adviser to Vice President Joseph Biden.
JOIN US. The Institute will launch our program on Manufacturing and Society in the 21st Century on October 28 with a lunchtime discussion about the influence of US trade policy on manufacturing, available live on our site at www.aspeninstitute.org/live.Believe it or not, manufacturing jobs are not just something we subcontract to China. In fact, during the current economic crisis, manufacturing is helping to jumpstart the recovery—and it is likely to continue to do so as growth in finance...
