Advanced economies always lean toward services as they grow. But there are many other advanced economies out there with more robust factory sectors than the United States, employing much larger shares of their workforces and spinning off much more productive research and development. Let's not give up without a fight, which in this context means the application of smart policy at every level of government.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 2018-06-19
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/news/helping-us-manufacturers-what-works/
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