Productivity gains are making manufacturing in the U.S. more attractive. Policy shifts and improved education could speed a comeback.
Manufacturing is no longer the lynchpin it once was in the United States economy. Although about 9 percent of Americans currently work in the field, increased offshoring over the past few decades has diminished industry as a source of employment. In 2010, China finally surpassed the U.S. as the world’s top manufacturing nation.
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