Manufacturing

Technology & Innovation

The case for growth centers: How to spread tech innovation across America

Robert D. Atkinson, Mark Muro, and Jacob Whiton

December 9, 2019

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

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

Future Development

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

TechTank

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

Reports

Workforce Development

Advancing opportunity in California’s Inland Empire

Chad Shearer, Isha Shah, and Marek Gootman

February 26, 2019

Technology & Innovation

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

Mark Muro, Robert Maxim, and Jacob Whiton

January 24, 2019

Economic Development

Opportunity Industries

Chad Shearer and Isha Shah

December 18, 2018

Economic Development

Why we need to invest in transformative placemaking

Jennifer S. Vey

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Economic Development

State of the Heartland: Factbook 2018

Mark Muro, Jacob Whiton, Robert Maxim, and Ross DeVol

October 2018

Blog Posts

The Avenue

Automation perpetuates the red-blue divide

Mark Muro, Jacob Whiton, and Robert Maxim

March 19, 2019

The Avenue

Manufacturing growth—in the Heartland and for America

Robert Maxim and Mark Muro

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

A passenger smiles as he looks out of the newly commissioned Abuja light rail train at the station In Abuja, Nigeria July 17, 2018. Picture taken July 17, 2018. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RC11A602DF80

Africa in focus

Figure of the week: Estimating future energy demand growth in Africa

Amy Copley

Thursday, August 23, 2018

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Events

2019

Jul

Past Event

Public attitudes on US manufacturing

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

Leveraging America’s manufacturing resurgence

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Development Seminar | Manufacturing Jobs: Implications for Productivity & Inequality

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

New Delhi, India

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Related Books

Spotlight on Public Support to Industry

By Udo Pretschker and with Marian Murphy

1999

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Experts

Darrell M. West

Vice President and Director - Governance Studies

Founding Director - Center for Technology Innovation

@DarrWest

Marek Gootman

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

@MarekGootman

Mark Muro

Senior Fellow and Policy Director - Metropolitan Policy Program

markmuro1

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Multimedia

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

David Dollar and Brad Setser

Monday, January 7, 2019

A designer works on a restaurant sign at TechShop in the South of Market neighborhood in San Francisco, California April 24, 2014. In the shadow of Internet monoliths, it's easy to forget that Silicon Valley got its start from hard-scrabble tinkerers building radios, microchips and other devices. Now, a proliferation of high-tech but affordable manufacturing tools and new sources of funding are empowering a generation of handy entrepreneurs and laying the foundation for a hardware renaissance. A growing focus on hardware and the so-called "Maker movement" is sweeping northern California and, in a smaller way, Europe and other countries. Renewed interest in tinkering with objects - versus apps or software - is attracting more money from investors and fostering a growing number of workshops, where aspiring inventors can get their hands on computerized milling machines and other high-end tools. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) - RTR3NZ5D

Up Front

Manufacturing jobs: Implications for productivity and inequality

Prerna Sharma

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Podcast Episode

@ Brookings Podcast: Why German Labor Policies Fare Better than America’s

Friday, February 3, 2012

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