American Jobs Alliance - 01/02/11

Nancy Gold of Tough Traveler LTD, one of the few remaining US manufacturers of luggage, backpacks and baby carriers, a tells us how Washington makes the trade deficit look smaller than it really is and lets importers shortchange the Treasury on duties they owe.  It's called the "First Sale" rule and it's costing us jobs and tax revenues.

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American Jobs Alliance - 12/26/11

REPEAT PROGRAM

American Jobs Alliance - 12/19/11

John R. MacArthur, publisher of Harper's Magazine and author of The Selling of Free Trade discusses how both political parties have made common cause with powerful multinational corporate interests to sell out American men and women who workl for a living.

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American Jobs Alliance - 12/12/11

Anders Lewendal, the home builder responsible for the first documented home ever built entirely from products sourced and/or manufactured in the US. The home will use less than half the energy of average new homes its size, and the home will cost about the same as other homes of similar size and quality. Anders is founder of The 5% Club, asking every consumers and businesses to reallocate just 5% of their spending from foreign made products to those made in the US.

A 5% shift just in the residential building industry would add $14 billion to the US economy every year -- enough to directly employ the entire population of Providence, Rhode Island, at about $40,000 a year.  

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Roelif Loveland, President of Maze Nails, the fifth generation in his family owned business, one of the few remaining makers of nails in the USA.  He talks about why his company sources and manufactures 100% in the USA and the nature of the poffshore competition his industry faces. Maze Nails were used in the All Americna Home built by Anders Lewendal.

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American Jobs Alliance - 12/05/11

Guest: Clyde Prestowitz

Clyde Prestowitz is founder and President of the Economic Strategy Institute. Mr. Prestowitz is an outspoken critic of U.S. trade policies toward Japan, China, and Korea.

Mr. Prestowitz served as counselor to the Secretary of Commerce in the Reagan Administration. There, he led many U.S. trade and investment negotiations with Japan, China, Latin America, and Europe. Before joining the Commerce Department, he was a senior businessman in the United States, Europe, Japan, and throughout Asia and Latin America. He has served as vice chairman of the President's Committee on Trade and Investment in the Pacific and sits on the Intel Policy Advisory Board and the U.S. Export-Import Bank Advisory Board. 

Clyde Prestowitz regularly writes for leading publications, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, Fortune, and Foreign Affairs. He is the author of several books on international trade and business strategy includingRogue Nation, and Three Billion New Capitalists. His latest book, The Betrayal of American Prosperity: Free Market Delusions, America's Decline, and How We Must Compete in the Post-Dollar Era, addresses how we can restore our economic leadership and excellence.

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