>The interesting thing about this chart is how unprofitable manufacturing is And it isn't just manufacturing; resource extraction is similar. Look at Glencore

>The interesting thing about this chart is how unprofitable manufacturing is And it isn't just manufacturing; resource extraction is similar. Look at Glencore[1], the Swiss mining conglomerate: $1.5BB in profit on $214BB in revenue (190,000 employees). There are more "efficient" uses of capital. Unfortunately, someone needs to do the building and mining. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glencore_Xstrata https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glencore_Xstrata