NYT: With the President’s upcoming jobs speech, Congressional Democrats are pushing him to invest more in public works and infrastructure jobs.

Yglesias: Mitt Romney pledges to name China as a currency manipulator. 

Forbes: The Pentagon’s policies are undermining American manufacturing through a short-sighted approach to procurement and sourcing.

WaPo: German industrial production rose 4% in July. What do they have that we don’t? Maybe a Manufacturing Strategy?

NYT: Increasing manufacturing leads to increasing profits?

NYT: Former Chief Economist Lawrence Katz makes the case for investing in workers.

WSJ: Reports of China’s manufacturing slowdown have been greatly exaggerated.

M&T News: The actual costs of moving production to China. Hint: it’s higher than you’d think.