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Illustration photo shows various medicine pills in their original packaging in Brussels, Belgium August 9, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman/Illustration

TechTank

Time to make essential medicines within the United States

Darrell M. West

Monday, June 14, 2021

Employees of Hamilton Medical AG test ventilators at a plant in Domat/Ems, Switzerland March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

FixGov

To save America, it’s time to activate the great arsenal of democracy

William A. Galston

Friday, March 20, 2020

An Amtrak train attendant walks across the tracks at the Holdrege station after exiting the 5 California Zephyr Amtrak train in Holdrege, Nebraska June 13, 2008. U.S. government-owned passenger rail company Amtrak wields improper and coercive regulatory power over private freight carriers under a law that lets it help set rules that competing railroads must follow, a federal appeals court ruled on April 29, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Lott/File Photo

The Avenue

COVID-19 is hurting many industries and workers, but could it help trade and logistics?

Joseph W. Kane and Adie Tomer

Thursday, March 19, 2020

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Growth in a Time of Change

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Experts

Lavea Brachman

Visiting Fellow - Brookings Metro

Darrell M. West

Vice President and Director - Governance Studies

Senior Fellow - Center for Technology Innovation

Douglas Dillon Chair in Governmental Studies

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Mark Muro

Senior Fellow and Policy Director - Brookings Metro

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Technology & Innovation

What’s behind the semiconductor shortage and how long could it last?

Don Clark and David Dollar

Monday, May 24, 2021

A line worker installs the back seats on the flex line at Nissan Motor Co's automobile manufacturing plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, U.S., August 23, 2018. Picture taken August 23, 2018. REUTERS/William DeShazer - RC1B6E2ACF40

TechTank

Highlights: How public attitudes are shaping the future of manufacturing

Anagha Komaragiri and Louis Serino

Friday, August 2, 2019

FILE PHOTO: General Motors auto assembly worker Karen Garner works on assembling engines for Chevrolet Silverado's and GMC Sierra pickup trucks at the Flint Assembly in Flint, Michigan January 24, 2011. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo - RC1C42526E40

Podcast Episode

How Trump’s trade policies will affect manufacturing

Brad Setser and David Dollar

Monday, January 7, 2019

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More on Manufacturing

Metro Monitor 2020: Prosperity is increasing in America’s largest metro areas, but not for everyone

Alan Berube

March 5, 2020

A technician inspects newly moulded bottles at the Guinness pop-up plant in Accra, July 2, 2014. Picture taken July 2, 2014. To match Insight CONSUMERS-MANUFACTURERS/AFRICA REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko (GHANA - Tags: BUSINESS) - GM1EA7411EN01

What do automation and artificial intelligence mean for Africa?

Gaurav Nayyar

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Heavy machinery and the American flag are seen before the arrival of U.S. President Donald Trump as he participates in the Foxconn Technology Group groundbreaking ceremony for its LCD manufacturing campus, in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, U.S., June 28, 2018. REUTERS/Darren Hauck TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC175D6CD2E0

Brookings survey finds 58% see manufacturing as vital to US economy, but only 17% are very confident in its future

Darrell M. West

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

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How the Small Businesses Investment Company Program can better support America’s advanced industries

Mark Muro

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Automation perpetuates the red-blue divide

Mark Muro, Jacob Whiton, and Robert Maxim

March 19, 2019

Automation and Artificial Intelligence: How machines are affecting people and places

Mark Muro, Robert Maxim, and Jacob Whiton

January 24, 2019

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Reports

Rebuilding the US medical supply chain

Preserving manufacturing in the COVID-19 economy

Public attitudes on US manufacturing

Visiting Fellow - Brookings Metro

Vice President and Director - Governance Studies

Senior Fellow - Center for Technology Innovation

Douglas Dillon Chair in Governmental Studies

Senior Fellow and Policy Director - Brookings Metro