July 8, 2014–This is one of the most influential minds in the economics profession, writing in today’s Wall Street Journal. Yet Summers, the former secretary of the Treasury and a professor at Harvard, does not accept that manufacturing has a major role to play in America’s future. He says its decline is “inexorable.” Every other […]…
About: William Holstein
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The Real Reason the Export-Import Bank Should Be Scrapped
June 23, 2014–It’s been amusing watching the internecine warfare inside the Republican Party about the Export-Import Bank. The people who have tended to benefit from this bank’s loans have been CEOs in charge of large companies such as Boeing, Caterpiller and General Electric, who tend to support Republican causes. Now here come the Tea Party […]…
Automotive News Quotes Me Again on GM
Poised Barra carries GM’s image on her shoulders As seen in Automotive News | April 1, 2014 by Lindsay Chappell More than one expert observer of Tuesday’s congressional examination noted that GM CEO Mary Barra received a more congenial interrogation than either of the Toyota executives who were called to Capitol Hill in 2010 over safety issues. As she […]…
How To Improve Technology Commercialization
June 11, 2014–This is one of the most important articles I’ve written lately. The main piece is about how the United States can facilliate the flow of technologies from its idea factories. The second item is a how-to table. Making Tech Transfer Work How America’s idea factories can work with CEOs to commercialize more technology. […]…
Automotive Age in Transition
June 15, 2014–This is a fun piece in Compass magazine, the thought leadership platform for Dassault Systemes, the big French software company. From jobs to privacy, driverless cars will bring profound social change Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are poised to create massive societal impacts while transforming urban landscapes and national economies. From the work we do […]…
