Re:Tariffs China imposes on every country
by DuskStar on Friday July 20, 2018 @08:17PM
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Some people say that that was an artifact of quality adjustments on computer hardware, and that without the adjustments (or computer hardware) we're actually in a decline. [0] The chart of "Manufacturing" vs "Manufacturing, less computers [1] was pretty striking.
If you sold 1GB of RAM for $10 two years ago, and you sold 2GB of RAM for $10 this year, that's the normal state of the computer market. I don't think it's really equivalent to selling twice as many tons of steel or wheat for half the price.
If you sold 1GB of RAM for $10 two years ago, and you sold 2GB of RAM for $10 this year, that's the normal state of the computer market. I don't think it's really equivalent to selling twice as many tons of steel or wheat for half the price.
0: https://qz.com/1269172/the-epic-mistake-about-manufacturing-... 1: https://www.theatlas.com/charts/BJh4B5_TG