Manufacturing
Who Are the Winners and Losers of Trump's Trade War With China?
While we have seen job growth in parts of the manufacturing sector, wages have continued to stagnate and consumer product prices look set to increase.
GM 'Unallocated' Its Lordstown, Ohio, Plant. What's Next for the Village?
Donald Trump blamed David Green, the local UAW president, for the plant's shutdown. Green is now fighting for his union members' futures.
Amazon Headquarters Left New York, but Will Other Developers?
In Sunset Park, Brooklyn, residents are challenging a new development, charging it won't create jobs for those who currently live in the neighborhood.
Made in Vietnam
Can the country become the next major player in the global apparel industry without sacrificing its environment? Near Ho Chi Minh City, one factory owner is assembling a greener model ... out of blue jeans.
Steel Days: On a Modest Resurgence in Bethlehem
In retrospect, it's clear how globalization and free trade disrupted the U.S. steel industry. It could be happening again. Survival for steel towns might be a matter of lower expectations and good luck.
The Future of Work: Re-Engaging the Beleaguered Worker
The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.
The Future of Work: Manufacturing Is Now for the Robots
The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.
The Second Machine Age Is Dying
Get ready for an unprecedented economic boom in the United States.
The Economic Geography of the Second Machine Age
In 2006, the digital economy underwent a dramatic transformation that changed the map of talent migration.
The Future of Work: The Second Industrious Revolution
The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.
Libraries Are the Future of Manufacturing in the United States
Public libraries are becoming a one-stop shop for manufacturing in the digital age. Because libraries are investing in machines like 3-D printers, someday soon everyone with access to a public library could become an inventor or create something.
Make Knowledge, Not Widgets
Zero manufacturing employment: Coming soon to a regional economy near you.
Robert Putnam Is Wrong About Social Capital
Too much social capital—not too little—is driving a wedge of income inequality between Americans.
How Local Assets Become Global Assets
Separate a real estate market into two parts: investors and occupiers.
Not About LeBron: Economic Restructuring in Cleveland
The basketball star isn't the only one moving back to Ohio. Even with manufacturing on the decline, Cleveland is drawing talented migrants from other areas.
The Secret World of Fast Fashion
From 1960s Korea, through Brazil, to today's Los Angeles: Inside the world that brought you Forever 21—and those skinny jeans in your closet.
Move to Dubuque, Not San Francisco
In Silicon Valley, the cost for talent is too high—and climbing. Will smart technology companies start moving to smaller markets? Behold the brave new economic geography.
Silicon Valley Is Detroit: Are Zoning Laws to Blame?
Peter Thiel is concerned that innovation cannot afford San Francisco or New York City.
Manufacturing Migration: Who Will Move for Low-Skill, Low-Pay Jobs?
What the "Made in America" rebirth looks like.
Were Your Clothes Made in a Bangladeshi Factory?
After the deadly building collapse in Bangladesh, Walmart released a list of factories it had banned. But it has continued receiving shipments from two of them.
Tech Talent Recruiting Geography: How Silicon Valley Will Compete
The Innovation Economy peaked with the last financial crisis. In the emerging epoch—the Talent Economy—the competition among companies like Google and Facebook for the same pool of ideas makers will reshape our cities.