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Actually, the US still leads the world in manufacturing output (for the moment...projections seem to suggest China will take first next year -- http://www.china
by dgordon 16y ago
Actually, the US still leads the world in manufacturing output (for the moment...projections seem to suggest China will take first next year -- http://www.chinaeconomicreview.com/dailybriefing/2010_06_21/China_to_surpass_US_as_worlds_biggest_manufacturing_nation_in_2011.html http://www.chinaeconomicreview.com/dailybriefing/2010_06_21/... ) But even a close second is still a long way from what the popular myth that "we don't make anything here anymore" would suggest.
- ilkhd2 16y agoYou can look at several additional metrics: - Industrial output per capity - Germany waaay in front of USA. - Amount of cars produced per capita - Japan and Germany way in front of USA. - Electronics industry is still doing very good however.