> anecdotally it's very hard to find things made in the US unless it's a high end store manufacturing output is measured in dollars, not 'amount of stuff' exce

> anecdotally it's very hard to find things made in the US unless it's a high end store manufacturing output is measured in dollars, not 'amount of stuff' except in very specific cases. producing fewer but more expensive high end goods (like what the US makes) can still result in more output.