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We are still the world's workshop

Discover why US Manufacturing Is Not Dead despite fewer jobs; the sector shows strong productivity and a skilled labor force.

Written byRazib Khan
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And more productive. FiveThirtyEight has a nice meme-buster post, US Manufacturing Is Not Dead. This was known to me, but Tom Schaller has all the charts put together nice. Here's industrial output:

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The labor force engaged in producing durable goods:

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And per hour productivity:

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The manufacturing sector is still robust, it is simply manufacturing jobs which are not.

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