# An op-ed by Prof. Ralph Gomory on rebuilding US manufacturing in a mercantilist world

1 Faculty News May 22, 2012 ![Huffington Post logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/huffpost192x144.jpg?itok=sF2Y0c9v)>

Excerpt from [The Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ralph-gomory/mercantilism-manufacturin_b_1537502.html) -- "So even in a mercantilist world, and even within the limited framework of what we have traditionally done, we could act to incent production here and to balance trade."

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