Buying America back
Subtitle: how to create American jobs and influence the world by our everyday spending choices
By: Alan Uke
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: SelectBooks
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781590792308
Subjects: Price regulation; Consumer behavior; Consumer goods; Competition; Economic policy; Labeling
Description: "A successful American entrepreneur offers solutions to the loss of American jobs and manufacturing. To help consumers understand buying choices, he advocates a movement to pass laws to label imports with the percentages of a product's costs of manufacture in the countries of origin and data showing whether trade ratios are balanced and beneficial to the United States"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The way forward; title: A business owner's perspective; title: The importance of U.S. manufacturing; title: How competing countries are succeeding; title: The label game; title: Information you need when you need it; title: The transparent label; title: Making your dollar count; title: Consumer travelogue.