The American manufacturing industry is charging ahead. Despite losing five million jobs over the past decade due to automation and offshoring, the American manufacturing industry is now producing up to 12% of the country's gross domestic product. That's the same percentage of product produced in 1960, but with three times the growth in productivity experienced in 1978.
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Originally published on CTE: 2017-08-22
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/news/automation-specialization-manufacturing-jobs-america/
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