From what I understand, manufacturing hasn’t stopped, or even declined. It’s still going strong, it’s just a much smaller percentage of the GDP now. Here’s a chart that shows that trend (the source of the chart itself looks like some business-y site, but they say the data is drawn from the UN):
So I don’t think anybody’s saying that we need to stop countries from developing, just that once a country develops a strong manufacturing base, they don’t have to limit their economy to only or mostly manufacturing.
I bring up the GDP only to point out that some graphs with scary numbers don’t really mean much. I don’t think “GDP go up” means the middle class isn’t getting fucked.
Broadly, I agree that we should manufacture more. I just think that the jobs aren’t “coming back”, and framing it that way leads to people arguing along political lines. I’d be interested in seeing more of a breakdown than the charts I posted above. Which manufacturing industries have kept growing in the US? Clearly not electronics, as you point out. I like your tax-based proposal, though.
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From what I understand, manufacturing hasn’t stopped, or even declined. It’s still going strong, it’s just a much smaller percentage of the GDP now. Here’s a chart that shows that trend (the source of the chart itself looks like some business-y site, but they say the data is drawn from the UN):
Here’s a scary chart showing the decline of manufacturing:
But notice that it’s as a percentage of GDP
So I don’t think anybody’s saying that we need to stop countries from developing, just that once a country develops a strong manufacturing base, they don’t have to limit their economy to only or mostly manufacturing.
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I bring up the GDP only to point out that some graphs with scary numbers don’t really mean much. I don’t think “GDP go up” means the middle class isn’t getting fucked.
Broadly, I agree that we should manufacture more. I just think that the jobs aren’t “coming back”, and framing it that way leads to people arguing along political lines. I’d be interested in seeing more of a breakdown than the charts I posted above. Which manufacturing industries have kept growing in the US? Clearly not electronics, as you point out. I like your tax-based proposal, though.
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