American Quote by Christina Romer

In our high-tech, high-skilled economy where low-skilled work is being scaled back, phased out, exported, or severely under-compensated, all the right behavior in the…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Today, the gap between productivity and compensation for the typical worker is larger than at any time since World War II.

— David Rolf

Globally, manufacturing jobs are on the decline, simply because productivity growth has outpaced growth in demand.

— Joseph Stiglitz

Over the years, we have lost millions of decent paying jobs. These trade agreements have forced wages down in America so the average worker…

— Hillary Clinton

Look the, the American worker has been losing - for decades now. We've seen manufacturing in decline here in the industrial Midwest.

— Mike Pence

Labor, no matter how inexpensive, will become a less important asset for growth and employment expansion, with labor-intensive, process-oriented manufacturing becoming a less effective…

— Michael Spence

Labor-rich manufacturing doesn't exist anymore. Manufacturing jobs are white-collar, Silicon Valley programmers or highly-skilled technicians. They are not going to employ lots of people.

— David Brooks

In a nutshell, the ability of American companies to compete in world markets depends on creating conditions in which workers can add sufficient value…

— James O'Toole

American workers won't be able to compete fairly for jobs until companies have to pay higher wages in countries like China and India.

— Andy Stern

Look at Germany where 20 percent of the labor force is in manufacturing compared to about 8 percent in the United States. Germany pays…

— Edward Alden

In nations that have become too complex, taxes and regulation cause at least a doubling of the amount employers must spend on labor. Many…

— Oliver DeMille

Offshoring manufacturing jobs left Americans with fewer high-value-added, well-paid jobs, and the U.S. middle class downsized. Ladders of upward mobility were taken down. Income…

— Paul Craig Roberts