Not only do we do so with a much smaller number of people, but certain industries seem to dominate the export scene (e.g. aerospace) and more than that, our dyn

Not only do we do so with a much smaller number of people, but certain industries seem to dominate the export scene (e.g. aerospace) and more than that, our dynamicity in manufacturing is no longer there. The hot fields, like where our iPads and their batteries are made, is focused in places like Japan, Germany and China, where the former two make the interesting components and the latter is where it is assembled. The interesting work we do is in the high-level engineering and design of the devices. What are some interesting things we build here? People cite cars, but for a lot of that, the design is done overseas (e.g. Toyota). Airplanes, medical devices and heavy equipment aren't exactly fast moving fields.