Re: [PEN-L] Imperialism for dummies

[Eugene Coyle]

There was a book on this maybe ten years ago, Manufacturing Matters, out of Berkeley. Gene Eubulides wrote: [from the letters to the editor......!] http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_15/c3928029_mz004.htm There is a business term for companies that leave manufacturing and design to others -- they're called retailers. Once the Asian companies get their own brand name and distribution network, they won't be working for us anymore, they'll be working for themselves. Paul Wetor Wauwatosa, Wis.