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An Interesting Talk by Jeff Immelt

What comes to mind when you hear the words, “manufacturing economy?” If you said, “China today” or “the United States, 30 years ago,” you’d be in the mainstream.   Conventional wisdom long ago abandoned the idea of America as a manufacturing economy.  We’re a consumption-led, services-based economy now.  Right? In this speech before the Detroit Economic […]