China may make the most money by doing the manufacturing, but we also make the most money by letting China do the manufacturing. This is a basic tenet of econom

China may make the most money by doing the manufacturing, but we also make the most money by letting China do the manufacturing. This is a basic tenet of economics called Comparative Advantage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative_advantage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative_advantage ). (I note that in the presence of market-distorting factors like tariffs, comparative advantage becomes much muddier)