American Made
Why Making Things Will Return Us to Greatness
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Publisher Description
American manufacturing is on life support—at least, that's what most people think. The exodus of jobs to China and other foreign markets is irreversible, and anything that is built here requires specialized skills the average worker couldn't hope to gain. Not so, says Dan DiMicco, chairman and former CEO of Nucor, America's largest steel company. He not only revived a major US manufacturing firm during a recession, but helped galvanize the flagging domestic steel industry when many of his competitors were in bankruptcy or headed overseas. In American Made, he takes to task the politicians, academics, and political pundits who, he contends, are exacerbating fears and avoiding simple solutions for the sake of nothing more than their own careers, and contrasts them with the postwar leaders who rebuilt Europe and Japan, put a man on the moon, and kept communism at bay. We need leaders of such resolve today, he argues, who can tackle a broken job-creation engine by restoring manufacturing to its central role in the U.S. economy—and cease creating fictitious "service businesses" where jobs evaporate after a year or two, as in a Ponzi scheme.
With his trademark bluntness, DiMicco tackles the false promise of green jobs and the hidden costs of outsourcing. Along the way, he shares the lessons he's learned about good leadership, crisis management, and the true meaning of innovation, and maps the road back to robust economic growth, middle-class prosperity, and American competitiveness.
Customer Reviews
Great book and time 2016
This is a super book. Most important at this time in history. We need to get behind all of the policies in this book and get America making again!!!!
AMERICAN MADE
AMERICAN MADE provides an inside account from the front lines of the economic war that is being waged throughout the world. Dan DiMicco spent his working lifetime growing and building Nucor to become the largest steel making company in the USA. He has written a knowledgeable and passionate plea for Americans to wake up and recognize their future is being traded away by politicians serving Wall Street. His book details the how, what and why the economic shift in manufacturing is crossing borders at the expense of domestic jobs and severely reducing growth of the US economy. Importantly, Dan also gives answers that our country must employ to gain employment of good paying jobs and grow our economy.
AMERICAN MADE
AMERICAN MADE is and accurate and timely examination of our trade mistakes. It explores why we are in such terrible shape as a nation, as states, and as individuals. It offers the best road map to repairing our manufacturing and renewing the earning prowess that has been offered in the last three decades.
Dan's writing is front loaded with fact based opinion so there's no guessing at what he means or where he is pointing. This book should be required reading at every level of government and inserted gently where necessary.
Ron Lucchesi