The Future of Manufacturing: Wednesday February 6, 12-1 p.m.

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Baltimore steel workers continue to reel from news that the last mills at Sparrows Point will be sold for parts and razed. More than 2,000 workers lost their jobs; many still can’t find work. So what does the future hold for these workers and others in U.S. manufacturing? Is there be a quiet comeback underway, as some experts suggest, or is the era of mass employment through American manufacturing truly over? Guests include Drew Greenblatt, owner of Maryland-based Marlin Steel Wire Products and a board member of the National Association of Manufacturers, the industry's lobby in Washington; Dan Gunderson, Baltimore County's economic development director and chairman of the Sparrow's Point Partnership; journalist Charles Fishman, author of The Atlantic’s recent cover story, “The Insourcing Boom"; and Alan Tonelson, research fellow at the U.S. Business and Industry Council.