Comments on: 2008 in Review: The Year Wall Street Died?

By: Dan S.

Dan S. — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:05:04 +0000

RE: "…..this idea of bringing back manufacturing is not in the cards…….it's time for other countries to experience the great growth we have had with manufacturing….."

While I tend to agree with the overall sentimentalism of the former posters to this topic, a simple fact is that the USA cannot abandon "production" and expect to make a national living by shuffling bits, bytes, and thoughts around the globe. The challenge is to pick our "products" more carefully and quit pretending that we can do everything better than every other region/country. We need to develop an 'agile production model' that can take a new product from concept thru prototype in less than twelve months. There needs to be fewer competing design/build firms and more 'centers of production excellance' that only do what they do best.

I'm getting on a long winded tangent so I'll let my point rest with this: either we quit competing with ourselves or we CAN kiss our production lines goodbye.

By: Alice

Alice — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:59:17 +0000

Average Joe…..if you think the media is going to be anything other than what it has become you have entertained wishful thinking….there is no need to feel hopeless in this great country of ours……the American attention span is too short to stay hopeless very long……the American spirit has taken a short break….it is only latent…..this idea of bringing back manufacturing is not in the cards…….it's time for other countries to experience the great growth we have had with manufacturing…..we are in the information age and the quicker we accept this 'new wave' the better…..our schools must fulfil their duty in providing the information for our kids to move forward…….and as parents, grandparents and great-grandparents we need to lead the way, with confidence and intelligence…..Alice

By: Professor Stefan Padfield

Professor Stefan Padfield — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:56:08 +0000

Quick f/u: You can find Francis G.X. Pileggi's rebuttal to Professor Brown's list of the most anti-shareholder decisions from Delaware here:

http://www.delawarelitigation.com/2009/01/articles/commentary/top-5-delaware-cases-from-2008rebuttal-to-professor-brown/

By: averagejoe6

averagejoe6 — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:45:54 +0000

I would hope that the coming year brings us less negativity and hopelessness, especially from the the media and the liberal side of the government.

By: frank

frank — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:33:21 +0000

I would hope that the coming year brings us the death of the deregulation, "free" trade paradigm. If we continue to favor the financial sector at the expense of manufacturing, could we at least shift the tax burden accordingly?