CHAPTER 19

Solutions

This chapter makes the essential point that just offering general goals and a general industrial policy seldom works. But to turn goals into a reality requires developing a plan with measurable objectives. The chapter lists 12 measurable objectives that offer solutions to the nation’s many economic problems. It concludes with an appeal to the managers of the MNCs and how they might use this book to carry out their CEO’s pledge to meeting the needs of all stakeholders, including employees, suppliers, communities, and an economy that serves all Americans.

America’s industrial policy is based on free trade and outsourcing which has hollowed out the U.S. manufacturing base. Russia has invaded Ukraine and has made an agreement ...

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