Manufacturing

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TechTank

Highlights: How public attitudes are shaping the future of manufacturing

Anagha Komaragiri and Louis Serino

Friday, August 2, 2019

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Future Development

What do automation and artificial intelligence mean for Africa?

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

Public attitudes on US manufacturing

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

Reports

Riverside California

Workforce Development

Advancing opportunity in California’s Inland Empire

Chad Shearer, Isha Shah, and Marek Gootman

February 26, 2019

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Technology & Innovation

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

Mark Muro, Robert Maxim, and Jacob Whiton

January 24, 2019

Opportunity industries

Economic Development

Opportunity Industries

Chad Shearer and Isha Shah

December 18, 2018

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Economic Development

Why we need to invest in transformative placemaking

Jennifer S. Vey

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

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Economic Development

State of the Heartland: Factbook 2018

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

October 2018

Blog Posts

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

The Avenue

Automation perpetuates the red-blue divide

Mark Muro, Jacob Whiton, and Robert Maxim

March 19, 2019

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The Avenue

Manufacturing growth—in the Heartland and for America

Robert Maxim and Mark Muro

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

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Africa in focus

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

Thursday, August 23, 2018

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Events

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

Manufacturing under the Trump administration

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

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Spotlight on Public Support to Industry

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Experts

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Up Front

Are the kids alright? Saving and wealth accumulation among the millennial generation

William G. Gale

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

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Up Front

College sports joins the marketplace, with limits

Robert E. Litan

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

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Multimedia

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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

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

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Podcast Episode

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

Friday, February 3, 2012

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