Re-Made in the USA How We Can Restore Jobs, Retool Manufacturing, and Compete With the World

by Lipscomb, Todd

• ISBN13: 9780470929926
• ISBN10: 0470929928
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-04-12
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

A business-based rallying cry to reclaim the US economyThere is a nagging feeling that the U.S. is slipping as a nation and our people are powerless to do anything to fix it. Issues such as jobs, product quality and safety, wages, the economy, and our status as the world's leading superpower are all tied together with our massive trade deficit.Re-Made in the USA addresses these issues using the author's firsthand observations and analysis, and offers a practical plan for how we can get our economy and global status back. A practical action plan to get the nation back on track If you're worried about America when you start reading this book, you'll finish feeling empowered Todd Lipscomb has a distinguished record in international businessAmerica's future does not have to be on the decline. In inspiring terms, Re-Made in the USA lays out the choice Americans have between doing nothing, and doing what we do best-rolling up our sleeves and working hard to fix the problem.

Author Biography

TODD LIPSCOMB is founder and President of the successful start up companyMadeInUSAForever.com. He spent nearly fifteen years in the tech industry, including executive roles overseeing Asia finance and worldwide operating expenditures of over $180 million per quarter with Western Digital Corporation. His experience watching Asian countries take American manufacturing jobs convinced him to move back to the United States and start MadeInUSAForever.com, which sells only high-quality American-made goods.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
The Challenges America Faces
Why Buying American Is Critical	p. 11
How This Happened: The Rise of the Power Exporters and Wal-Mart	p. 29
The Energy Deficit Is Solvable	p. 45
Dispelling the Service Economy Myth: Deindustrialization Means Fewer Jobs, Lower Pay, and Less Opportunity	p. 57
Economic Judgment Day	p. 67
How America's Competitors Are Taking Advantage of US
China's Grand Game: The Rise of a Superpower	p. 87
The Unfair Playing Field Abroad	p. 103
The Race to the Lowest Common Denominator	p. 121
Rebuilding American Manufacturing
The American Advantage	p. 133
What Can Our People Do?	p. 149
What Can Our Government Do?	p. 167
What Should Companies Do?	p. 181
Bringing It Together: Action Steps for America	p. 195
Conclusion Be a Hero	p. 211
Notes	p. 219
Acknowledgments	p. 223
Index	p. 225
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