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"Nike? Gone. Adidas? Gone. New Balance, the last major athletic shoe brand still manufacturing in the United States, fights to keep jobs here." This is an excellent portal for discussing outsourcing, deindutrialization, sectors of the economy and globalization. Via Seth Dixon 
Stacey Jackson's comment,
February 7, 5:51 PM
I had no idea that New Balance still manufactured their shoes in the US. Sadly, I assumed they were made overseas as most textiles are these days. I'll have to go out and buy a pair of New Balances now.
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The Olympic committee and designer came under withering criticism for manufacturing the garments in China.
Two current controversies (Team USA clothing being made in China and Mitt Romney's potential involvement as Bain outsourced jobs) are fundamentally about what Americans think about globalization and the impact of globalization on the United States. Globalization is most certainly a mixed bag at every scale. What is intriguing about these controversies is that most Americans see themselves as net 'victims' of globalization, while many people outside the United States would view the United States as an overwhelming beneficiary of the economic and cultural processes that are collectively called globalization. So what is it? Do Americans just want to have their cake and eat it too? Can a country only embrace the beneficial elements of globalization without accepting that negatives inherently will come with them as a package deal? How can a country (or the world, individual) maximize the advantages of globalization while minimizing the negatives? Via Seth Dixon Delete the scoop?
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Joe Luehrmann likes American cars, has owned a string of them and is considering buying another. But he faces a problem in trying to figure out what's American anymore.
The globalization of industrial output and manufacturing had erased much of the meaning between 'foreign' and 'domestic' products. Is it foreign if the company is headquartered in Japan, but has a manufacturing plant in California? Is it domestic is Detroit company produces the car the maquiladora region of Northern Mexico? This doesn't even address this issue that any one vehicle has parts that are literally made all over the world. Interestingly truck buyers are seen as the more patriotic, and companies emphasize their "Americanness" to cater to the cultural and economic sensibilities of their key demographic. Via Seth Dixon Delete the scoop?
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