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Did you mean "Deindustrialization or deindustrialisation is a process of social and economic change caused by the removal or reduction of industrial capacity or
by thrownaway2424 11y ago
Did you mean "Deindustrialization or deindustrialisation is a process of social and economic change caused by the removal or reduction of industrial capacity or activity in a country or region, especially heavy industry or manufacturing industry."
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That doesn't sound applicable to the USA, which currently produces more goods than ever before, and more than any other nation except China.
- peterfirefly 11y agoIt does so with far fewer people than before, though. In that sense, there has been a "deindustrialization".
- ild 11y agoI am talking about industry as share of GDP. Check the numbers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_States_by_sector http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_States_by.... Manufacturing kept going down.