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Chicago’s Promise as a Manufacturing Policy Leader

February 26, 2013, Howard Wial

In tandem with his newly released paper, "Locating Chicago Manufacturing: The Geography of Production in Metropolitan Chicago", Howard Wial examines Chicago's manufacturing economy, specifically its strengths, weaknesses, and distribution. Wial also discusses Chicago's past and current manufacturing strategies, which lead the nation.

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    We don't want to promote a zero-sum competition between regions in the U.S. If we want to focus on advanced manufacturing, as we should, I think the moderately high-tech industries are a good place to start. When companies are clustered together it tends to attract the kind of skilled labor force that they need and attract the suppliers that they do business with.

    February 25, 2013, Howard Wial, ChicagoBusiness.com

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    There is nothing wrong with moderately high-tech industries—Germany has developed a very productive and innovative manufacturing sector based on them.

    February 25, 2013, Howard Wial, Chicago Sun-Times

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