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The Age of the Superfluous Worker
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Andy Grove and the scaling up at home that American companies need to do.
05/29/2010
Andy Grove brushes off talk of sending technologies and jobs much needed at home to China, with the talk he hears of "a China strategy." He doesn't see how an America with high paying jobs and mass of unemployed could work. He says American companies have failed to scale up, the way Intel did in the seventies. For every Apple employee there are 10 employees in China working on Mac's, Iphones, and Ipads. The idea of manufacturing as not important is misguided and he would like to see America rebuild its industrial base.
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Wall Street Journal 05/29/2010
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2010
Apple Says App Store Sales Rose 50% in 2014
Wall Street Journal 01/09/2015
After Michigan Loss, Hillary Clinton Sharpens Message on Jobs and Trade
New York Times 03/09/2016
Andy Grove: How America Can Create Jobs
BusinessWeek 07/01/2010
Yuan Revaluation for China's Own Sake
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2010
American public opinion on China, jobs and U.S.-China trade.
09/25/2010
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US-China trade relations: Speak less softly, carry a stick
Economist 09/25/2010
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2010
China Pumps Up the Volume Against Japan
Wall Street Journal 02/08/2014
Xi Gives America Inc. a Reality Check
Wall Street Journal 09/22/2015
After Michigan Loss, Hillary Clinton Sharpens Message on Jobs and Trade
New York Times 03/09/2016
Campaign Season’s Anti-China Tone Is Likely to Cloud Meeting With Obama
New York Times 03/30/2016
Consumer spending and the shift to lower paying and parttime jobs in the U.S. - 2010-2014
01/06/2009
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Wealth Tide Doesn't Lift All Boats
Wall Street Journal 12/10/2013
Recovery Has Created Far More Low-Wage Jobs Than Better-Paid Ones
New York Times 04/27/2014
A part-timer boom, or blip? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 07/16/2014
How Righteousness Killed the World Economy
New York Times 10/12/2014
Elevated Level of Part-Time Employment: Post-Recession Norm?
Wall Street Journal 11/13/2014
Americans Pocketing What They Save on Gas, Retail Data Suggests
New York Times 01/14/2015
Germany's "kurzarbeit" and government-business cooperation to tackle cyclical swings in the economy
07/29/2010
About half a million jobs were saved by one estimate through the German government sharing the costs of labor retention with industry during the last downturn. The program is known as "kurzarbeit" in Germany and is accepted by the German public, workers and business as a better way to handle the cyclical swings in the economy. The lack of a similiar program in the U.S. means a larger loss of jobs in the U.S., which is being painfully felt in 2011-2012. U.S. programs focussed on a stimulus measure and government spending, not on a program of joint cooperation between industry and government such as "kurzarbeit." There is no history of such cooperation in the U.S. and the government is seen more in the sense of intervention than cooperation with industry.
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The Price of Saving Jobs in Germany
BusinessWeek 07/29/2010
Where Germany, U.S. differ: How much should government steer the economy? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 06/08/2011
Fixing America's Economy: Nine Ideas from Around the World
BusinessWeek 06/08/2011
Growth in Euro Zone Stalls, Slowing Debt Crisis Solution
New York Times 08/16/2011
Germany reaps rewards of entitlement cuts - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/20/2011
Wall Street Journal 11/21/2011
U.S. manufacturing cost-competitiveness with China and Mexico leading to the return of outshored manufacturing jobs
07/01/2010
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China Manufacturers Survive by Moving to Asian Neighbors
Wall Street Journal 05/02/2013
China Factories Try Karaoke, Speed Dating to Keep Workers
Wall Street Journal 05/03/2013
Does America Need Manufacturing?
New York Times 08/24/2011
Mexico, China Seek to Jump-Start Trade
Wall Street Journal 06/04/2013
Strains Show in China's Job Market
Wall Street Journal 06/11/2013
Robots May Revolutionize China's Electronics Manufacturing
Wall Street Journal 09/24/2013
The Rise and Fall of the Midwest Economic Model of large companies and strong unions in the U.S.
01/04/2009
Michael Barone describes the Southern U.S. model that made major gains in factories and jobs as the Midwest Economic Model of large companies and powerful trade unions declined in the last two decades.
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Wall Street Journal 06/12/2013
Stephen Moore: Why the Rest of Michigan Isn't Singing the Motown Blues
Wall Street Journal 02/02/2014
Concessions Foreshadow a Tough Year for Unions
Wall Street Journal 01/04/2009
U.A.W. Deal With Ford Cuts Hourly Rate to $55
New York Times 03/12/2009
Unions Suffer Latest Defeat in Midwest With Signing of Wisconsin Measure
New York Times 03/09/2015
The Fall of the Midwest Economic Model
Wall Street Journal 08/16/2011
John Taylor and other experts on the U.S. budget, deficits, and private investment for jobs
01/27/2009
Taylor asks why the U.S. cannot get by on a budget that is 20% of GDP, when this is what the budget was in 2007 and GDP is much larger today. He says private investment can do a better job reducing unemployment and creating a growing U.S. economy. Taylor provides advice on the Romney Plan.
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Bhidé and Phelps: Central Banking Needs Rethinking
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2013
Obama's Permanent Spending Binge
Wall Street Journal 04/22/2011
Five Lessons for Deficit Busters
Wall Street Journal 06/20/2011
Wall Street Journal 06/27/2011
Charlie Rose Talks to Robert Rubin
BusinessWeek 08/04/2011
Washington Post 08/07/2011
Work sharing programs in U.S. states in 2011-2012
11/21/2011
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 11/21/2011
The Age of the Superfluous Worker
New York Times 11/24/2011
A realization that the idea of America transitioning to a services based economy without impairing jobs was fundamentally wrong
04/17/2006
The need for a strong and growing manufacturing base in the U.S. is one key realization for business leaders from the heads of Boeing, Intel and GE, and other business leaders to leaders in government. Failure to do this simply breeds a sense of pessimism about the future and creates an economy that leaves many productive people jobless, creates unsustainable trade deficits and foreign borrowing. Jeffrey Immelt says this in an op-ed piece in the Washington Post on the day he is appointed to head the President's Council on Jobs.
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Does America Need Manufacturing?
New York Times 08/24/2011
Andy Grove: How America Can Create Jobs
BusinessWeek 07/01/2010
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2010
New York Times 02/08/2012
Growth isn’t enough to help the middle class - The Washington Post
Washington Post 02/14/2013
Why Manufacturing Still Counts in the U.S. Economy
Wall Street Journal 01/14/2015
Comparitive advantage, free trade, jobs and the role of manufacturing in the U.S.
07/01/2010
Grouped Articles
Does America Need Manufacturing?
New York Times 08/24/2011
Andy Grove: How America Can Create Jobs
BusinessWeek 07/01/2010
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2010
Bayer: Pressure on Prices Has Bad Side Effects
Wall Street Journal 02/07/2012
A part-timer boom, or blip? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 07/16/2014
Why Manufacturing Still Counts in the U.S. Economy
Wall Street Journal 01/14/2015
Export of manufacturing jobs from the U.S.
07/01/2010
Grouped Articles
Does America Need Manufacturing?
New York Times 08/24/2011
Andy Grove: How America Can Create Jobs
BusinessWeek 07/01/2010
Whirlpool Shifts Some Production to U.S. From Mexico
Wall Street Journal 12/20/2013
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2010
A part-timer boom, or blip? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 07/16/2014
Why Manufacturing Still Counts in the U.S. Economy
Wall Street Journal 01/14/2015
Germany's Kurzarbeit plan and other methods of softening the impact of a recession on jobs and wages.
10/28/2006
About 1.5 million employees used the Kurzarbeit short work week schedules according to the German labor agency. In the latest month March 2010, 693,000 workers were on the Kurzarbeit short week schedule.
Grouped Articles
The Price of Saving Jobs in Germany
BusinessWeek 07/29/2010
Germany's economy: Angela in Wunderland
Economist 02/05/2011
Fixing America's Economy: Nine Ideas from Around the World
BusinessWeek 06/08/2011
Wall Street Journal 11/21/2011
The Age of the Superfluous Worker
New York Times 11/24/2011
Bayer: Pressure on Prices Has Bad Side Effects
Wall Street Journal 02/07/2012
U.S. jobs generation by state since 2009
06/10/2011
Texas leads in job generation, followed by New York and Pennsylvania.
Grouped Articles
Oil States’ Budgets Face Crude Awakening
Wall Street Journal 01/13/2015
Wall Street Journal 06/10/2011
New York Times 08/14/2011
Perry criticizes government while Texas job growth benefits from it - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/21/2011
Policy, Geography Boost Texas Job Growth
Wall Street Journal 08/22/2011
New York Times 08/21/2011
Rapid structural shifts in U.S. job openings and a mismatch that will require greater job retraining effort.
04/30/2009
JOLTS and COnference Board job openings figures shows 3 million job openings in February 2009, with mismatch in qualifications of candidates from industries losing jobs (finance, retail, construction) and industries gaining jobs (health care, education, government, accounting). Is the US market becoming less mobile?
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Jamie Dimon’s harried JPMorgan Chase pushes campaign for worker training - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/03/2014
New York Times 02/08/2012
Piecing Together the Job-Picture Puzzle
Wall Street Journal 03/12/2012
Stuck at Unemployed: When A Layoff Becomes a Lifestyle
Washington Post 06/06/2009
Help Wanted: Why That Sign's Bad
BusinessWeek 04/30/2009
Learning Labor Market Lessons from Germany
BusinessWeek 04/30/2009
Structural solutions for U.S. jobs growth and economic growth- 2011-2020
01/04/2010
Michael Spence and other experts discuss longer term solutions to the high unemployment facing the U.S.
Grouped Articles
Uncertainty Is the Enemy of Recovery
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2013
Confronting Old Problem May Require a New Deal
New York Times 01/28/2014
Bayer: Pressure on Prices Has Bad Side Effects
Wall Street Journal 02/07/2012
The world economy: Wealth without workers, workers without wealth
Economist 10/06/2014
Why the Old Jobs Aren't Coming Back
Wall Street Journal 06/24/2011
Middle-Aged Job Hunters Struggle in Weak Recovery
Wall Street Journal 07/30/2011
Fast structural shift from banking, autos and retail to health care, energy, government and education in the USA, makes equally rapid government assisted retraining and cost sharing enormously critical.
01/28/2009
Retraining will be critical to shift workers from downsizing to upsizing industries and fields of work. The danger is that a growing mismatch in qualifications and lack of a crisis mode in retraining efforts will leave large numbers of people permanently unemployed. The shift is ocurring with lightining speed. Would government sharing the initail cost of hiring and retrainng workers help as in the German example and the Harz reforms. See link.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 12/27/2011
Jamie Dimon’s harried JPMorgan Chase pushes campaign for worker training - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/03/2014
Jobless Scars Will Outlast the Recession
Wall Street Journal 03/09/2009
Help Wanted: Why That Sign's Bad
BusinessWeek 04/30/2009
Learning Labor Market Lessons from Germany
BusinessWeek 04/30/2009
The Last Holdouts Cast Their Lot With G.M.
New York Times 05/21/2009
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