Renaissance in American Manufacturing? Not So Fast

Optimistic statistics on American manufacturing distract from the less optimistic truth.

By Robert D. Atkinson, February 2, 2015

http://www.theglobalist.com/category/rethinking-america/For the last few years, it has become a cottage industry to proclaim the revival of the U.S. manufacturing sector. Stories about jobs streaming into the country from abroad as well as self-congratulation on four straight years of manufacturing job growth are commonplace.
Even manufacturers themselves believe this narrative, with 57% of U.S. manufacturing executives believing that that the United States is experiencing a renaissance in the sector

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