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Re:Amazon has radically transformed small businesses in both... by astrange on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @09:28PM (#34527036)
US manufacturing output is up, though, just not jobs. That's generally good, just like it's good we aren't all subsistence farmers anymore. US unemployment is of course currently the lowest it's been in 50 years.

China got low-value-add final assembly work, and it's now starting to leave them as their wages have risen.

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Re:Amazon has radically transformed small businesses in both... by lazyeye on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @10:10PM (#34527283)
Up relative to what?
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Re:Amazon has radically transformed small businesses in both... by astrange on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @10:36PM (#34527406)
Itself in the past measured in real dollars.
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Re:Amazon has radically transformed small businesses in both... by georgeplusplus on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @11:31PM (#34527702)
Looking at what time periods?
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Re:Amazon has radically transformed small businesses in both... by wardedVibe on Thursday January 26, 2023 @01:14AM (#34528240)
As long as there's Fred data, so 2005 [0].

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_in_the_United_St...

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Re:Amazon has radically transformed small businesses in both... by astrange on Thursday January 26, 2023 @01:30AM (#34528352)
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/07/25/most-americ...
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