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Title:  Exchange rate policies, not high wages, are why U.S. lags China and Germany in export performanceAuthor: Robert E. Scott Source: Economic Policy Institute (EPI)

*Date:* Dec 2, 2015

*Summary:*  The decline of manufacturing in the United States over the past 15 years has been well documented: 5.4 million manufacturing jobs and over 82,100 manufacturing establishments were lost between 1997 and 2013. There is a common but incorrect idea that high wages in U.S. manufacturing are causing growing job losses and declining U.S. export competitiveness. Link: bit.ly/1SwnnuF ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary@work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library