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I'd like a source for the difference in price between electronic goods manufactured in the 1st world and in some sweatshop half-way around the world. Would it r
by blfr 11y ago
I'd like a source for the difference in price between electronic goods manufactured in the 1st world and in some sweatshop half-way around the world. Would it really be 3x more expensive?
- zimpenfish 11y agoThe Mac Pro would be a good case study since more of that was manufactured and assembled in the USA than (most?) other machines.
- leonroy 11y agoI have to say picking up one of Apple's newer computers and flipping it over to see Designed in California - Made in USA made me smile. Not that anything is wrong with products made elsewhere, far from it - just there's something to be said for investing in manufacturing at home.
- Symbiote 11y agoThe Raspberry Pi might be a better example, as that still needs to sell for $30. https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/tag/made-in-the-uk/ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/tag/made-in-the-uk/ http://www.sonypencoed.co.uk/sony-manufacturing/ http://www.sonypencoed.co.uk/sony-manufacturing/ (closer to the Mac price range, the factory also makes Sony's best cameras).
- zimpenfish 11y agohttp://motherboard.vice.com/read/how-much-would-donald-trumps-american-made-iphone-actually-cost http://motherboard.vice.com/read/how-much-would-donald-trump... (Warning: big masthead photo of Donald) > Doing some back-of-the-envelope math, Wiens said that consumers could pay around $50 more for an iPhone that was assembled in the US versus one that was assembled in China.