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The Decline of Manufacturing


Look at the incredible decline of manufacturing across a wide variety of industries in the figure below. Nearly 7.5 million jobs lost, just since 2011. Devastated communities. Factories shuttered. Millions of older, lower-skilled workers out of work. A rise in inequality. Jobs going overseas.

“The future is bleak and hopeless if we continue like this,” said one worker.

…“This eventually leads to serious social problems, such as higher rates of unemployment and increased crime and social unrest. Nations with socially polarised work forces also suffer from political instability.”

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