Made in the USA
The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing
- Paperback
280 pages
- Release Date
21 August 2015
Summary
With Trump’s new tariffs now in effect, get an overview of the state of manufacturing in America and its role in the US economy.“There’s no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.” -Bill GatesIn Made in the USA, Vaclav Smil powerfully rebuts the notion that manufacturing is a relic of predigital history and that the loss of American manufacturing is a desirable evolutionary step toward a pure service economy. Smil argues that no advanced economy can prosper without a stron…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262528351 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262528355 |
| Author: | Vaclav Smil |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 21 August 2015 |
| Weight: | 444g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 17mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
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About The Author
Vaclav Smil
Vaclav Smil is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba. He is the author of forty books, including Energy and Civilization, published by the MIT Press. In 2010 he was named by Foreign Policy as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers. In 2013 Bill Gates wrote on his website that “there is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.”
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