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WISCONSIN BLUE BOOK 1987-1988


Wisconsin Business and Industry      ...................Table of Contents
                                                                        
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             Introduction
                Introd ction  ..................................................................................................
                Paul E. Hassett, President (retired)
                Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
                    The role of education
                    Wisconsin business climate
  Chapter 1: The Structure of the Wisconsin Economy ................................................
                James J. Brzycki, Economic Assistant
                Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
                    Global forces and Wisconsin employment trends  ...........................
                    The dominant forces of the 1970s              ...................................................
                    Shifting forces of the 1980s          .............................................................
 Chapter 2: Wisconsin Manufacturing                .............................................................................
               Robert H. Milbourne, Executive Director
               Greater Milwaukee Committee
                    Manufacturing in the 1970s and 1980s: ..........................................
                        National and international economic factors ..........................
                   Wisconsin manufacturing industries:
                        Electrical machinery         ...........................................................
                        Food and kindred products             ................................................
                        Forest products        ...................................................................
                        Paper and allied products; Nonelectrical equipment
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                        Primary and fabricated metals            ............................................
                        Printing and publishing          .......................................................
                   The future of Wisconsin manufacturing  .........................................
 Chapter 3: Wisconsin Agriculture             ..............................................................................
               Joyce Munz Hach, Executive Director, Communications
               Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation
                   H istorical  perspective       ......................................................................
                   Current status - strengths and weaknesses:
                       Diversified industry        .................................................................
                       The financial picture      ................................................................
                       Productivity; Resources           ..........................................................
                       Taxes........................................
                       Market development           ..............................................
                       Research and education           ....................................................
                   The changing environment
                       Technological advances            ...........................................................
                       Federal farm     policy     ...........................................................
                   C onclusion       ......................................................................................
Chapter 4: Wisconsin Service Industries              ...................................................................
              James J. Brzycki, Economic Assistant
              Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
                  Wholesale and retail trade industries             ..............................................
                  Personal and business services sector             ........................................
                  Finance, insurance, real estate           ........................................................
                  Transportation, communications and utilities ................................
                  Three visions of the future          ..............................................................
Chapter 5: Conclusions and Prospects               ............................................................................
              Kenneth S. Kinney, Planning Manager, Sales Group
              Allen-Bradley Company
                  Wisconsin's Economic Setting             ...................................................
                  National and International Influences              ........................................
                  Technology, Productivity and Employment   .............................
                  The Road Ahead           ..........................................................................


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