Manufacturing: Why We Should Help the Sector (But Not Too Much)
Category: BUSINESS
For many years, policy makers and public officials have argued about whether public policy should help promote American manufacturing or whether we should leave it alone and let the market do what it will. As usual, such stark positions have little to do with reality.
By Jared Bernstein, Contributor
Fmr. Obama administration economist; CNBC and MSNBC contributor, 2012-02-20