Comments on: How ‘Buy American’ Can Hurt U.S. Firms http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2009/09/16/how-buy-american-can-hurt-u-s-firms/ Management Improvement focused on Deming, lean thinking, innovation, customer focus, six sigma, etc. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:35:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Riffey http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2009/09/16/how-buy-american-can-hurt-u-s-firms/comment-page-1/#comment-34232 Mark Riffey Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:17:40 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/?p=1310#comment-34232 All one has to do is look at the 1930s to see why a blind purchasing choice like this is a bad idea - and legislating it is even worse. All one has to do is look at the 1930s to see why a blind purchasing choice like this is a bad idea – and legislating it is even worse.

]]> By: Mark Graban http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2009/09/16/how-buy-american-can-hurt-u-s-firms/comment-page-1/#comment-34228 Mark Graban Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:01:24 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/?p=1310#comment-34228 Politicians (I won't call them "leaders") are about the WORST in terms of thinking long-term or thinking two steps ahead. Simplistic thinking of "Buy American will lead to more jobs" is just wrong. Slapping a 35% tariff on Chinese tires sounds great if you don't think a few steps ahead. We need more chess players who can think at least a few steps ahead or take a system dynamics perspective. Politicians (I won’t call them “leaders”) are about the WORST in terms of thinking long-term or thinking two steps ahead.

Simplistic thinking of “Buy American will lead to more jobs” is just wrong. Slapping a 35% tariff on Chinese tires sounds great if you don’t think a few steps ahead.

We need more chess players who can think at least a few steps ahead or take a system dynamics perspective.

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