<p>Manufacturing matters - and today more so than ever before. Indeed, the widely held belief that we live in a "post-industrial" economy in which manufacturing has been displaced and somehow rendered obsolete by a white-collar and service economy is a dangerous myth that is seriously undermining our ability to compete successfully in world markets. For, as the authors of this brilliantly argued and extensively documented book point out, in today's sophisticated technological environments, high-tech services are inextricably linked to mastery and control of manufacturing. Lose manufacturing, and you will lose your competitive edge high-tech capabilities, as well as much else. It is the central theme of "Manufacturing Matters" that, unless there is a fundamental change in both corporate and public policies, that is precisely what is going to happen. The appearance on a mass scale of new micro-electronic based technologies has put the position of every nation in the international hierarchy of wealth and power, including the United States, up for grabs. To date, Cohen and Zysman report, this country has not adjusted well to these changes. Only by recognizing the crucial role of manufacturing and manufacturing skills, they insist, can we restore our competitive preeminence.</p>

Manufacturing Matters: The Myth of the Post-Industrial Economy

Business & Money

Stephen S. Cohen

John Zysman

Industries

Basic Books

Modern Capitalist Planning: The French Model

Economics

University of California Press

Protecting the Nation s Seaports: Balancing Security and Cost examines in detail the full dimensions of the task of port security, including the effectiveness of measures undertaken so far, and the costs to the nation both of implementing adequate port security, and of failing to do so. Jon D. Haveman and Howard J. Shatz, research fellows at PPIC, teamed with an array of experts on maritime security for this broad overview of port security issues that includes projections of the effects on the national economy of a successful port attack, the private sector implications of improving port security, a first-hand account of the considerable bureaucratic challenges that still must be overcome to strengthen individual ports, and guidelines for financing future port security efforts.

Protecting the Nation's Seaports: Balancing Security and Cost

peter-gordon

Harry W. Richardson

Edward E. Leamer

Jon D. Haveman

Matthew C. Hipp

Seth K. Jacobson

James E. Moore

Qisheng Pan

Howard J. Shatz

Jay Stowsky

Christopher Thornberg

Ernesto Vilchis

Amy B. Zegart

Public Policy Institute of California

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