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The Hollowing Out of Manufacturing Will Cause Depression

Posted in Development on Apr 29th, 2008

No matter what data we seem to show about U.S. trends (manufacturing share of employment fell below 10% last month from a high of 40% during WWII; manufacturing output is at an all-time high; U.S. living standards, per capita, have increased four-fold since WWII), this ridiculous fear still remains. While you might have questions about […]

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It’s the Technology Stupid

Posted in Employment on Mar 3rd, 2008

As the primary campaign hits manufacturing ravaged Ohio (at least in employment terms), it might be useful to consider that China is losing more manufacturing jobs than the United States. I think that message is worth repeating. Between 1995 and 2002, China “lost” 15 million manufacturing jobs while America “lost” 2 million. I’d like to […]

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