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China is the sole manufacturing superpower: A line sketch of the rise
- avmich 2y ago> When it comes to gross production, China’s share is three times the US’ share Hmm, and also China is four times bigger than US by population. So per capita US is still ahead, interesting...
- avmich 2y ago> Taiwan, Mexico, Russia, and Brazil now have higher gross output than the UK. It would be interesting to see Russia to have more manufacturing output than the UK...
- ecshafer 2y agoI think which region you are in changes your perception. In America, I don't think I have ever seen a non-software russian product. In China (perhaps ironically) I saw a lot of Russian products.
- avmich 2y agoThat is affected by how much trade particular country does with Russia, but you can look at the source, the Russian manufacturing, and all its limitations, and Russia can't export more than it produces, so if the source is small...
- wumeow 2y agoUS manufacturing dominance was one of the main reasons the Allies beat the Axis powers in WW2. This is a very, very bad situation we’re in. Frankly, it should keep you up at night.