BE FRUITFUL: MULTIPLY
The economic multiplier from manufacturing is a net positive, but gaining that benefit isn’t easy. by Bill Barnhart

GDP: GROSS DOMESTIC PROBLEM
Why bigger is not all that matters. by Steve Lawrence

VOICE OF REASON
John Surma is a man of good cheer and unusual intellect who never had a job he didn’t like. Perhaps that’s why he has been so quietly effective running the industrial icon that is United States Steel. by Steven B. Weiner

DATA POINTS
Forward’s report on industry numbers and statistics.

Publisher’s Note

LOST LEADERSHIP
by M. Robert Weidner, III, publisher

Under the Radar

CLOSE, CIGAR PENDING
The Obama administration’s first comprehensive statement on manufacturing is more about government than it is about enterprise.
by Elizabeth Ecker

Shelf Life

VALUE JUDGMENTS
Forward reviews books on business, economics and trade.
by Rebecca Rolfes

End Market

THERE'S 2010 AND THEN THERE IS THE RECOVERY
The worst may be over, but industrial recovery will be a slow climb. by Eli S. Lustgarten

Guest Column

EVERYONE IS A FORECASTER
Why Every Company Needs to Develop its Own Forecasting Habit
by Peter Navarro