Book description
The case for revolutionizing the U. S. economy, from a leading CEO
America used to define itself by the things we built. We designed and
produced the world's most important innovations, and in doing so,
created a vibrant manufacturing sector that established the middle
class. We manufactured our way to the top and became the undisputed
economic leader of the world. But over the last several decades, and
especially in the last ten years, the sector that was America's great
pride has eroded, costing us millions of jobs and putting our
long-term prosperity at risk. Now, as we struggle to recover from the
worst recession in generations, our only chance to turn things around
is to revive the American manufacturing sector-and to revolutionize
it. In Make It in America: The Case for Reinventing the
Economy, Andrew Liveris-Chairman and CEO of The Dow Chemical
Company-offers a thoughtful and passionate argument that America's
future economic growth and prosperity depends on the strength of its
manufacturing sector.
- The book explains how a manufacturing sector creates economic
value on a scale unmatched by any other, and how central the
sector is to creating jobs both inside and outside the factory
- Explores how other nations are building their manufacturing
sectors to stay competitive in the global economy, and describes
how America has failed to keep up
- Provides an aggressive, practical, and comprehensive agenda that
will put the U. S. back on track to lead the world
It's time to stop accepting as inevitable the shuttering of factories
and staggering job losses that have come to define manufacturing. It's
time to acknowledge the cost of inaction. There is no better company
to make the case for reviving U. S. manufacturing than The Dow
Chemical Company, one of the world's largest manufacturers and most
global corporations. And there's no better book to show why it needs
to be done and how to do it than Make It in America.
Andrew N. Liveris is President, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer
of The Dow Chemical Company, a billion global specialty chemical,
advanced materials, agrosciences, and plastics company. Liveris serves
as Co-Chair of President Obama's Advanced Manufacturing Partnership.
He serves on the board of directors of IBM, and is Vice Chairman of
The Business Council, Vice Chair of the Business Roundtable, a member
of the President's Export Council, and President and Chairman of the
International Council of Chemical Associations. He is a member of the
U. S.-India CEO Forum, Peterson Institute for International Economics,
and the American Australian Association. He serves on the board of
trustees for The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation, United States
Council for International Business, and Tufts University.
