I think that "good jobs" is a red herring for manufacturing jobs. The important question is whether they have positive externalities. According to one argument

I think that "good jobs" is a red herring for manufacturing jobs. The important question is whether they have positive externalities. According to one argument (which I'm reconstructing), working one manufacturing job improves dexterity and spatial reasoning, as well as motivating workers to learn basic math and science. These (may) continue to provide benefits to the economy after the worker leaves the position, hence being unpriced. How we manage this at a policy level is not obvious. (OTOH, there is also an argument that manufacturing has an important negative externality — pollution)