Manufacturing Archives

Economics

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.

Louis Hyman

Environment

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.

Justin Lynch

Economics

Make Knowledge, Not Widgets

Zero manufacturing employment: Coming soon to a regional economy near you.

Jim Russell

Economics

Robert Putnam Is Wrong About Social Capital

Too much social capital—not too little—is driving a wedge of income inequality between Americans.

Jim Russell

Economics

How Local Assets Become Global Assets

Separate a real estate market into two parts: investors and occupiers.

Jim Russell

Social Justice

Not About LeBron James: 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.

Jim Russell

Economics

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.

Christina Moon

Social Justice

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.

Jim Russell