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Blog Post
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.