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Re:A strengthening dollar is bad for the world economy by dragonwriter on Thursday December 01, 2016 @11:57AM (#13080919)
> The US doesn't actually do anything with natural resources anymore

Sure it does, though sometimes in ways that most people don't recognize as doing that, because it doesn't look like 19th century factory production. E.g., Silicon Valley indirectly processes a variety of less-processed materials (e.g., the direct inputs the electricity generation process, among others) into valuable software (and software-enabled) products and services.

Re:A strengthening dollar is bad for the world economy by AnimalMuppet on Thursday December 01, 2016 @12:19PM (#13081203)
Don't forget the hardware. Turning sand into CPUs is a step above turning rocks into steel...
Re:A strengthening dollar is bad for the world economy by dragonwriter on Thursday December 01, 2016 @12:28PM (#13081324)
Sure, though that looks a bit more like classical industrial production, and is less likely to be discounted on thearth basis of unfamiliarity, I'd think.