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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 403 no. 8780 (Apr. 2012), page SS4-SS6.
Topik: Manufacturing; Trends; Economic Impact; Industrial Plants; Training; Statistical Data

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For over 100 years America was the world's leading manufacturer, but now it is neck-and-neck with China. The rise of outsourcing and off-shoring and the growth of sophisticated supply chains has enabled companies the world over to use China, India and other lower-wage countries as workshops. Prompted by the global financial crisis, some Western policymakers now reckon it is about time their countries returned to making stuff in order to create jobs and prevent more manufacturing skills from being exported. That supposes two things: that manufacturing is important to a nation and its economy, and that these new forms of manufacturing will create new jobs. Despite China's rapid rise, America remains a formidable production power. Yet America's productivity strides raise questions about how many manufacturing jobs, particularly of the white-collar variety, will be created. And some of the manufacturing breakthroughs now in the pipeline will bring down the number of people needed even further.

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