Report Card for Donald Trump

[Mikebert]

(01-01-2017, 04:43 PM)SomeGuy Wrote: Also, Mike, it got buried under a lot of ensuing nonsense vis a vis automation and the future of work, I did actually respond to the thread's original premise, if you're interested in it.

I took a look. You wrote:

The United States is number 7 on the list, and the top three countries all have manufacturing work forces that make up over 20% of their labor force, roughly double the United States' 12%.

The same source you used for these three countries also has the US with more than 20%.  But it is true than these these other countries all have large shares than the US.  Then again, they industrialized later and I believe all three run trade surpluses, which we do not as a matter of policy.