good old American ingenuity

Posted on February 8, 2009 9:23 AM about Economics | |

Remember how America was gonna do so great in the Information Economy?
Remember how good our schools are and how innovative we are?

Maybe its just the auto industry but I've noticed an odd thing recently. All the new cars, the ones that are going to save the Big Three, are actually from other countries.

Chrysler is trying to get "small car know-how" from Italy.

Ford is delivering a full-electic car, starting with a van from Turkey. Turkey?

I dont remember any specifics from GM but its something to think about. We know that manufacturing has been fleeing our country for decades, but innovation?

Maybe innovation is just going global and the issue is more nuanced. I hope so.

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