Comments on: Long Term View of Manufacturing Employment in the USA http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2012/10/18/long-term-view-of-manufacturing-employment-in-the-usa/ Wed, 20 Jul 2016 15:41:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.4 By: Adding 50,000 Jobs a Month is the New 150,000 in the USA Due to Demographic Changes at Curious Cat Economics Blog http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2012/10/18/long-term-view-of-manufacturing-employment-in-the-usa/comment-page-1/#comment-22061 Fri, 07 Aug 2015 16:21:15 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/?p=1838#comment-22061 I’ll adjust from what I had been using of a base of 125,000 plus 50,000+ for great recession recovery to 75,000 plus 50,000 for great recession recovery…

]]> By: allen booth http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/2012/10/18/long-term-view-of-manufacturing-employment-in-the-usa/comment-page-1/#comment-7051 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:41:36 +0000 http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/?p=1838#comment-7051 I also held the view that, as you stated, “common idea was the USA no longer manufactured anything”, until I started contacting small manufacturers about selling their products. Indeed a vast array is still manufactured here, in communities from coast to coast.

But you did not comment on the lack of skills much of the labor force has at the ready. In order to bring attention to this and promote the retention of skilled trades in the U.S., we are giving out a $500 award to a group that teaches skilled crafts to young people.

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