US manufacturing: Understanding its past and its potential future

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-26

  Baily, Martin Neil ^a   Bosworth, Barry P ^a  

^a BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 84894540932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.28.1.3     Document Type: Article

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