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Re:The labor shortage is the catalyst for sustained inflation by rcMgD2BwE72F on Thursday August 19, 2021 @06:01PM (#28239913)
Or labor assisted by machines: if businesses start to repatriate factories, one can expect them to take the opportunity to automate plants like never before. There would be few but highly paid jobs.

There must be a business case for bringing manufacturing jobs home, or I've missed something.

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Re:The labor shortage is the catalyst for sustained inflation by vvarren on Thursday August 19, 2021 @06:14PM (#28240017)
Well the business case as of late is that the global supply chain isn’t as resilient as previously believed, with all of the disruption seen during covid. Primarily with surgical masks and medical equipment at first, but now with nearly every good experiencing disruptions of some sort.
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