Free Exchange with China Is Not Free Trade
October 12, 2022China is not a free market. Free exchange with China is not free trade. This is a straightforward reality. It is also one that goes under-stated in American discourse – and that demands spelling out: The short-sighted insistence that free exchange with China is free trade threatens the basic assumptions, and architecture, of international free trade itself.
Cleveland Deburring and the Critical Manufacturing Step You Didn’t Know About
October 6, 2022Deburring is an age-old step in the manufacturing process, and what we would call “the last step in the manufacturing process:" Cleveland Deburring Machine Company details the critical role of deburring in modern manufacturing, and the imperative of maintaining trusted and tailored systems for it.
US Manufacturing Is at a Tipping Point: It’s Time To Realize Making Matters
September 23, 2022Before US manufacturing crosses the Rubicon, the country needs a broad-based consensus that manufacturing matters; with it the foundation for a national manufacturing strategy that both government and the private sector buy into.
Hard Problems: The US Tech Sector Is Ignoring the China Threat
September 16, 2022It is time for the US tech sector to recognize the near and present national security threat China poses; to get on the right side of history. For the US to prevail against a centralized, Communist system, its tech sector will have to lead, proactively. Markets will reward this. The country needs it.
Grey Duck Outdoor: A Small Business Playbook for Domestic Production
September 5, 2022As the owner of Grey Duck Outdoor, I am one year into trying on-shoring. I’m therefore one year into recognizing both how difficult this process can be, and how much potential it offers. And I’m evidence that it is possible to rethink supply chains – especially with the support of US equity holders and consumers.
Heavy Metal: The Hard Days and Nights of the Shipyard Workers Who Build America’s Supercarriers
September 1, 2022Unprecedented stressors have created the conditions for new investment in domestic industry and new models for public-private industrial coordination to support it. This excerpt from Michael Fabey’s 2022 Heavy Metal documents one such example, a case of operational success at a time of enormous pain and uncertainty.
