This morning at the Progressive Policy Institute there will be a panel by the above title, featuring a paper — also by the same title — by the PPI’s Ed Gresser. According to the promotional flyer, here is the thrust of Gresser’s thesis:
“‘Populist’ worries blend empathy for American workers and their
families with broader fears that trade with China and other low-income
rivals is ‘deindustrializing’ America as factories either close or move
to low-wage havens. A new paper by PPI’s Ed Gresser, entitled, ‘Lou Dobbs
is Wrong: America’s Manufacturing Revival,’ argues that the empathy is
justified, but the fear is mainly myth. America’s factories are in far
better shape, he says, than most realize. Low-wage competition or not,
the U.S. share of world manufacturing is stable, exports are soaring,
and factories produce more than ever before.”
Our own economist, Chi Nguyen, will be attending and will give us a full report. We’ll fill you in as soon as we get the details, but it sounds like they’re on the right track.
March 8th, 2007 on 9:37 am
Dustin:
Nice try, but two-thirds of our members are small- to medium-sized companies. Dobbs is just flat wrong.
Thanks for writing,
Pat Cleary
March 8th, 2007 on 4:43 am
Look at all the big business that we represent!!!
No wonder we would bash someone like Lou Dobbs!
February 11th, 2007 on 12:20 pm
Pat..where is my post..?
I thought you said this is a fair and balanced blog..?
February 10th, 2007 on 3:53 pm
Good article and good site