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Isn't the world "haemorrhaging" manufacturing jobs? Isn't this just mechanization?

• deleted 9y ago
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• hardlianotion 9y ago
  That is highly likely. But this article looks more like a tone piece in support of the current iteration of the Labour Party, written with an election in mind, not a serious piece of analysis. The surrounding articles put this impression in my mind.
• wmil 9y ago
  Not really. This is actually a side effect of GHG policies. Traditional British industries like steel production can't possibly compete with China when they have to pay carbon offsets and their competitors don't. So British factories are being shut down, even if they are more carbon efficient.
  • abritinthebay 9y ago
    That's... a vast (and very inaccurate) over-simplification.