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Apart from naive tribalism, is there any reason people so interested in "driving manufacturing back to the US"? Isn't it better to let it happen in whatever cou

Apart from naive tribalism, is there any reason people so interested in "driving manufacturing back to the US"? Isn't it better to let it happen in whatever country buyers prefer to buy from? Maybe America doesn't need to make so many low-tech products anymore. Maybe it can cope with ongoing unemployment better than China can.

Implicated 11y ago
> Apart from naive tribalism, is there any reason people so interested in "driving manufacturing back to the US"? Stimulating local economy?
- saiya-jin 11y ago
  that is interesting only if you are US resident, which many of us are not :)
  - hga 11y ago
    What does "Made in China" vs. "Made in the USA" say to you?
  - marcosdumay 11y ago
    Well, the people interested in "driving manufacturing back to the US" are mostly US residents.
electricblue 11y ago
The US has regulations. China does too but they enforce them...selectively.
moistgorilla 11y ago
More local manufacturing means more local jobs.
dredmorbius 11y ago
Supply chain contagion. David Korowicz. http://www.feasta.org/2012/06/17/trade-off-financial-system-supply-chain-cross-contagion-a-study-in-global-systemic-collapse/ http://www.feasta.org/2012/06/17/trade-off-financial-system-...
- norea-armozel 11y ago
  This reminds me of the book by Kevin Carson titled New Homebrew Industrial Revolution. He outlines in the beginning of the book how modern economics depends on mass consumption due to our mass production systems. But if mass consumption can't be subsidized by cheaper interest rates or cheaper energy costs (as stated in the summary) then we're boned. Carson gives the alternative as a local industrial base that fits itself to local consumption similar to how flour mills operate. No need to force New York to consume as much as San Francisco.
hwstar 11y ago
Yes. The most business-friendly labor laws in the developed world. Employment-at-will is only practised in the US and a handful of third world countries.
bsaul 11y ago
Environmentaly speaking, i suppose US factories deal with wastes much better than china. From a worker legislation pov, i also suppose that US doesn't employ children.

Implicated 11y ago

> Apart from naive tribalism, is there any reason people so interested in "driving manufacturing back to the US"? Stimulating local economy?

saiya-jin 11y ago
that is interesting only if you are US resident, which many of us are not :)
- hga 11y ago
  What does "Made in China" vs. "Made in the USA" say to you?
- marcosdumay 11y ago
  Well, the people interested in "driving manufacturing back to the US" are mostly US residents.

electricblue 11y ago

The US has regulations. China does too but they enforce them...selectively.

moistgorilla 11y ago

More local manufacturing means more local jobs.

dredmorbius 11y ago

Supply chain contagion. David Korowicz. http://www.feasta.org/2012/06/17/trade-off-financial-system-supply-chain-cross-contagion-a-study-in-global-systemic-collapse/ http://www.feasta.org/2012/06/17/trade-off-financial-system-...

norea-armozel 11y ago
This reminds me of the book by Kevin Carson titled New Homebrew Industrial Revolution. He outlines in the beginning of the book how modern economics depends on mass consumption due to our mass production systems. But if mass consumption can't be subsidized by cheaper interest rates or cheaper energy costs (as stated in the summary) then we're boned. Carson gives the alternative as a local industrial base that fits itself to local consumption similar to how flour mills operate. No need to force New York to consume as much as San Francisco.

hwstar 11y ago

Yes. The most business-friendly labor laws in the developed world. Employment-at-will is only practised in the US and a handful of third world countries.

bsaul 11y ago

Environmentaly speaking, i suppose US factories deal with wastes much better than china. From a worker legislation pov, i also suppose that US doesn't employ children.