The article was mostly talking about how manufacturing has changed, becoming less blue collar and more white collar. Far far fewer people are employed at higher salaries due to automation (robots). So manufacturing can’t support entire towns like it used to. Plus what we manufacture has changed - it’s much more high end, high value products.
The article was mostly talking about how manufacturing has changed, becoming less blue collar and more white collar. Far far fewer people are employed at higher salaries due to automation (robots). So manufacturing can’t support entire towns like it used to. Plus what we manufacture has changed - it’s much more high end, high value products.