January 4, 2013

You Must Make the New Machines

Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review


Wired

The U.S. has lost millions of manufacturing jobs since 2000. Industries have moved offshore. America’s trade deficit in physical goods is $738 billion a year.

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