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Manufacturing jobs in the US / Amy Francis, book editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Francis, Amy, author.
- Series:
- At issue. Economy.
- At issue Manufacturing jobs in the US
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manufacturing industries--United States.
- Manufacturing industries.
- Labor market--United States.
- Labor market.
- Labor supply--United States.
- Labor supply.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (119 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Farmington Hills, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Provides a wide range of opinions on a specific social issue. Offers a variety of perspectives-eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper and magazine accounts, and many more-to illuminate the issue. Extensive bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations point to sources for further research.
- Contents:
- Manufacturing is growing across the United States / Mark Crawford
- The US manufacturing resurgence only benefits skilled workers / A. Gary Shilling
- US manufacturing forecasts are overly optimistic / Manning & Napier
- The manufacturing resurgence will not solve the unemployment crisis / Richard Florida
- The US workforce has the skills needed for manufacturing to succeed / Paul Osterman and Andrew Weaver
- Shortage of skilled workers threatens US manufacturing / Accenture and The Manufacturing Institute
- There is a shortage of well-paying us manufacturing jobs / Michael Rubinkam
- Manufacturing jobs can support a new generation of workers / Pamela M. Prah
- US workers are competitive in the global manufacturing marketplace / The Executive Office of the President and the Department of Commerce
- US workers are not competitive in the global manufacturing marketplace / Willy C. Shih
- The focus on the export of US manufactured goods is misguided / Derek Scissors.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780737776454
- 0737776455
- OCLC:
- 946078605
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