Re:The Curse of the Modern Office
by comicjk on Thursday November 24, 2016 @08:55PM
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> For one thing, supporters of the sustainable information society ignore the fact that we have moved most of our manufacturing industries (and our waste) to low wage countries.
This is a common myth about the US economy, probably spread because it's useful to both the right and the left. In fact, the US manufacturing sector produces $6.2 trillion/year, exports $1.1 trillion, and imports $1.9 trillion. So about 11% of our net manufacturing "footprint" is overseas.
This is a common myth about the US economy, probably spread because it's useful to both the right and the left. In fact, the US manufacturing sector produces $6.2 trillion/year, exports $1.1 trillion, and imports $1.9 trillion. So about 11% of our net manufacturing "footprint" is overseas.