Manufacturing Jobs Are Overrated

Tags: U.S. Economy, U.S. History

03/15/2018 Ryan McMaken

It is a myth that “we don’t make things in America anymore.” Thanks to automation, we simply need fewer people to make more stuff. Text version: Manufacturing Jobs Are Overrated.

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