scott puaul, executive director of alliance of manufacturing.ok at the rest of the world with manufacturing, china has established itself as the world's factory floor. they produce everything from clothing to computers. one-third of output, germany has found it's niche in high-end manufacturing. china trying to get out of the low end of manufacturing. the u.s. is a distant third with 13%, 13% of the u.s. economy coming from manufacturing. scott, are policy failures to blame for u.s. losing this race? some would argue it's policy successes. we earn more money. as a result it's not economical to build some of the things other countries build. >> i don't think that's the case, ali. i do think is policy at fault. too much of our economic policy has been focused on the financial sector and the latest, greatest thing. like the tech bubble in the '90s, housing bubbles. we've chased bubbles, other economies showed the path to growth and sustainability. we could learn a lot from germany. we shouldn't become germany. listen to this. workers make an averag