America’s Community Bankers
American Airlines
American Bankers Association
American Bridge Company
American Chung Nam
American dream
American Graduate School of Business, Switzerland
American Journalism Review
American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition (AMTAC)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Americans for Prosperity
Ames Research Group
Anchor Hocking Glass Corp.
Andrews, Wright Jr.
Anheuser-Busch
Apple Inc.
Argentina
Arison, Micky
Arison, Shari
Arison, Ted
Armenia
Association of Flight Attendants
AT&T
Art Basel Miami
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlantic, The
Ave Maria, Florida
Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC)
B
Badman, Randy
Bain Capital
Ballmer, Steve
Bank of America
Bank One Corporation
Banking industry
deregulation of
escapes prosecution
low taxes of
promotes U.S. as tax haven
See also Wall Street
Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and
Consumer Protection Act
bankruptcy court
and employee benefits
and Polaroid case
bankruptcy law
Barclays Bank
Bartlett, Douglas
Bartlett Manufacturing
Bell Laboratories
Bentsen, Lloyd
Bethlehem Steel
Birds Eye Foods
Birkenfeld, Bradley
Blackstone Group
Blinder, Alan S.
Bloomberg News
Boeing Company
Boeing Tianjin Composites Company Ltd.
Bosch Rexroth
Bowman, Judy
Boxer, Barbara
BP Solar
Brandeis, Justice Louis
Braniff
Brawny paper towels
Brazil
Breaux, John
Britain’s Royal Society of Portrait Painters
British Virgin Islands
Brooklyn Bridge
Broward County Meals on Wheels
budget deficit, U.S.
as excuse to cut middle class benefits
fueled by tax cuts to the rich
Buffet, Warren
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Bush, George H. W.
Bush, George W.
Byers, Andrew
C
California Transportation Department (CALTRANS)
California State University
Canada
Cantor, Eric
Cape Coral, Florida
Carnival Cruise Lines
Carrollton Specialty Products
Carter, Jimmy
Cary, Illinois
Caterpillar Inc.
Cato Institute
Catz, Safra
Cayman Islands
Center for American Progress
Center for Responsive Politics
Chengdu, China
Chambers, John
Channel Islands
Cheung, Yan
China
barriers to U.S. imports
Bay Bridge steel from
as Boeing subcontractor
civilian aircraft industry of
high-tech development in
middle class of
software development in
trade policies of
U.S. research hubs in
U.S. technology transfer to
U.S. trade deficit with
working conditions in factories of
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chronicle of Higher Education
CIGNA
circuit board industry
Cisco
Citigroup
Citizens for a Sound Economy
Citizens for Tax Justice
Citizens United
civilian aircraft industry
Clarksburg, West Virginia
Clinton, Bill
Clinton, Hillary Rodham
Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing
Coalition for Fair and Affordable Lending
Coleman, Kathy
Colgrove, Linda
Colombia
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd. (COMAC)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
computer programmers
Concord, California
Congress
deficit hawks in
erodes retirement benefits
rewrites tax code for the wealthy
grants tax breaks to corporations
trade policy and
Conner, Ray
Connex International Services
Consolidated Freightways
Continental Airlines
Cook, Tim
Cooney, Stephen
Coyne, William J.
Crandall, Robert
Crane, Ed
Credit Suisse
Critical Condition: How Health Care in America Became Big Business—and Bad Medicine
CSX Corporation
D
Danforth, John
debt (national). See budget deficit
debt (student)
Defending the American Dream Summit
Delta Airlines
Denver, Colorado
deregulation
of airlines
anti-government mindset and
of financial services
of trucking
DeWitt, Nebraska
Dixie Cups
Dizik, Betty
Doherty, Harry
Domino’s Pizza
Douthat, Ross
Drysdale, Opal
Duke Energy
Dunn, Anita
DuPont
E
Eastern Air Lines
Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
Egerman, Paul
Eli Lilly
Elk Grove, California
El Salvador
Emerson Electric Company
Empire State Building
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)
earnings. See wages and earnings
education and training
employment. See jobs
Enron
executive compensation
exports
as policy failure
promotion of
of scrap paper
See also free trade; imports; trade policy, U.S.
Exxon Mobil Corp.
Ezell, Stephen
F
Falcone, Philip
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Federal Register
Federal Reserve
Federal Savings and Loan Corporation (FSLIC)
Ferneau, Mark
Financial Services Modernization Act
Fink, Richard
First Sale Coalition
Fischbach Corporation
Flanagan, Kevin
Flanagan, Tom
Florida Gulf Coast University
Forbes
foreclosures
401(k)s
Ford, Gerald R.
Ford Motor Company
Fort Huachuca (Arizona)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fortune
Fountain, Colorado
Foxconn Suicide Express
Foxconn Technology Group
free trade
flaws in U.S. policy of
labor costs and
multinationals benefit from
as practiced by U.S.
theory of
violations of
See also trade policy, U.S.
Freeland, Chrystia
Fremont, California
Freescale
Friedman, Thomas
Fulton, New York
furniture industry
G
Gates, Bill
General Electric Company
General Motors
Gentner, Lisa
George Mason University
Germany
GI Bill
Gilinger, Robin
Gilleran, James
Gingrich, Newt
Glass-Steagall Act
global economy
Golden Gate Bridge
Goldman Sachs
Gomory, Ralph
Google
Gotbaum, Joshua
Graf, Donald
Gramm, Phil
Gramm, Wendy
Great Depression
Greenpeace
Griffiths, Brian
Guenther, Ken
Guernsey (Channel Islands)
H
Hallmark Cards
Hamlisch, Marvin
Harbinger Capital Partners
Harvard Business Review
Hatch, Orrin
health care
Heritage Foundation
Hewlett-Packard
Hickman, Tom
high-technology industry
U.S. losing edge in
Hitler, Adolph
Hoffman, Deb (Cuddles)
Holmes, Shona
Home Depot
Horton, Frank
Hudson River
Hussein, Saddam
H & R Block
Hufbauer, Gary Clyde
I
imports
Congress’ response to
jobs and industries eliminated by
See also trade policy, U.S.
IBM
Independent Community Bankers of America
India
government finances software industry in
outsourcing industry of
IndyMac
Inequality. See wealth gap
Information Week
Institute for Policy Studies
Invest in America’s Veterans Foundation of Cape Coral
Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University
Iraq
Ireland
Isle of Man
Israel
Italy
J
Jacobs, Paul
Japan
Jersey (Channel Islands)
Jiangsu, China
jobs
corporations export of
domestic industries and
foreign governments and
information technology and
infrastructure and
lack of, for young workers
in manufacturing
minimum wage and
offshore promotion of, by U.S. government
private equity companies and
in service industry
See also Congress; education and training; free trade; and trade policy, U.S.
Jobs, Steve
Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003
John Birch Society
Johnson, David
Johnson, Nancy
Johnson Controls
Johnston, Bennett
Journal of Commerce
JPMorgan Chase
K
Kapur, Ajay
Kasco
Kennedy, Edward
Key Tronic Corp.
Kimberly-Clark
Kirkegaard, Jacob
Knight-Ridder
Koch, Charles
Koch, David
Koch, Fred
Koch Industries
Kolbe, Jim
Korean War
KPMG
Kra, Ethan
Kraft Foods
Kuwait, Iraq
L
LaBelle, Patti
Land Line
Lazio, Rick
Legatus
Liechtenstein
Liechti, Martin
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Loma Prieta earthquake
Long Beach, California
Long, Russell
Longhua Science and Technology Park
Los Angeles Times
Lowe’s
LTV Steel Corporation
Luffy, Robert H.
LuK Inc.
M
machine tool industry
Madison, New Jersey
Mankiw, N. Gregory
manufacturing industry
Manufacturing & Technology News
Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
McClatchy Newspapers
McCrory Corporation
McDonald’s
McDonnell Douglas
McDougall, Bruce
McKinnell, Henry
McLaughlin, James
McNerney, James
Medicare
Mercatus Center
Mercer Human Resources Consulting
Merck & Company
Mexico
Miami, Florida
Miami Heat
Miami Herald
Microsoft
middle class
definition of
economic assault on by Congress
economic insecurity of
shrinking of
tax burden on
See also debt (student); jobs; taxes (individual); trade policy, U.S.
Midway Airlines
Milken, Michael
Millenbruch, Gary
Moberly, Missouri
Moberly Area Community College
Monaghan, Tom
Morgan Stanley
mortgage industry
Moss, Betty
Motor Carrier Act of 1980
Motorola
Mount Laurel, New Jersey
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick
N
Naples, Florida
Naples Winter Wine Festival
NASDAQ tennis tournament
Nasser, Jacques
National Association of Manufacturers
National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers
Nebraska
New Haven Trust Company Ltd.
New York Times
Newell Corp.
Newnam, Heather
Ney, Bob
Nine Dragons Paper
Nolan, Dick
North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
false claims for
job losses from
Nothhaft, Henry
Northwest Airlines
Norwich University
O
Obama, Barack
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Occupy Wall Street
Odell, Irene
offshoring
airplane maintenance and
and Apple computer
eliminates high-tech jobs
service jobs threatened by
significance of discounted by experts
Olenicoff, Igor
Olick, Karen
Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988
One Equity Partners
Oracle
Oregon Iron Works
Outsource2india
outsourcing
business process outsourcing (BPO)
China’s promotion of
knowledge process outsourcing (KPO)
U.S. government funds for
Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA)
Oxford Industries
P
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Pan American
Pardini, Nicholas
Parker Hannifin
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Paulson, John
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC)
pensions
Petersen, William
Peterson, Peter G.
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Pfizer Inc.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Philippines
Piketty, Thomas
Poland
Polaroid Corporation
Polaroid Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
Political Economy Research Institute
political influence and lobbying
Polo Club of Boca Raton, Florida
Posner, Victor
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Princeton University
Private Capital Management
private equity industry
Q
Qualcomm
R
Raytheon Company
Read, Ian
Reagan, Ronald
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Reich, John
retirement
Congress and
See also(k)s; pensions
Ricardo, David
Riklis, Meshulam
Roadway Express
Robin Industries
Rochester, New York
Rogers, Jim
Romney, Mitt
rose industry
Roth, William
R. R. Donnelley & Sons
Rubbermaid
ruling class
budget deficit and
definition of
economic philosophy of
free trade and
influence of, in Washington
middle class irrelevant to
propaganda of
Rutgers University
Ryan, Paul
S
Sacramento Bee
Saez, Emmanuel
Samuelson, Robert J.
Sanabria, Alex
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Santillo, Ralph
Sara Lee
Schuerman, Linda
Schwarzenegger, Arnold
Schwarzman, Stephen A.
SCI Systems Inc.
Sexton, Pam
Shanghai, China
Shenzhen, China
Sherman, Bruce
Sherman, Cynthia
shoe industry
Singapore
SKDKnickerbocker
Smith, Adam
Smith Corona Corp
Snow, John
Social Security
Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace
Soendker, Sandi
solar industry
South Korea
Spielberg, Steven
Sri Lanka
St. Petersburg Times
Staggl, Mario
Stalin, Joseph
Stamp, Bill
Stamp, Christy
steel industry
Steger, Terri
Stewart, Rod
Strauss, David M.
Studebaker Corporation
Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM)
Sullenberger, Chesley (Sully)
Summitville Tiles
Sundquist, Don
Sunoco
Suzhou, China
Sweden
Switzerland
T
Tampa, Florida
Tata Consultancy Services
Tax Notes
taxes (corporate)
burden on domestic companies
declining share of
lobbying on
of multinational corporations
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