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Miguel Afonso Caetano"Finally, in the 1970s, a group of people on the right and left, today known as neoliberals, attacked New Deal controls over finance and the corporation as silly. They argued, in an age of “microchips, robots, and computers,” mucking around with making things like t-shirts and steel was foolish.This argument came into politics through both sides of the aisle. The Reagan administration was run by Wall Street, with men like banker William Simon and Chicago Schooler Robert Bork organizing policy. But it was preceded by Jimmy Carter’s deregulation of shipping, banking, trains, buses, trucking, airlines, energy, and even skiing, and his appointment of Wall Street-friendly Fed Chair Paul Volcker.In 1980, the Democratic-led Senate Joint Economic Committee published a report titled Plugging in the Supply Side. Lloyd Bentsen, who later became Bill Clinton’s Treasury Secretary during the NAFTA fight, authored it. Everyone from Paul Tsongas, to Gary Hart to Robert Reich bought this frame, as did magazines like The New Republic. By 1980, neoliberalism had become consensus. Ted Kennedy, Jimmy Carter’s ostensibly “liberal” nemesis, fought to go further than Carter in ending rules on airplanes, and Ralph Nader aligned with Citibank on deregulating finance. Many of the unions, with the exception of the Teamsters, bought into deregulation.The consequences were immediate. The U.S. manufacturing base took a major hit as the trade deficit exploded under Ronald Reagan. Bill Clinton continued and expanded it, focusing on high-technology pursuits and a “Bridge to the 21st Century.” When you think about it, that’s weird. How can a nation keep importing more than it exports, on a permanent basis? Why would trade partners keep sending them stuff? The answer is in the part of the story that the proponents of this model suggest, which is services."<a href="https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-round-up-tariffs-abundance" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-round-up-tariffs-abundance</a><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tariffs</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Neoliberalism</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Protectionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Protectionism</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Manufacturing</a>

Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋“_A recent Deloitte survey said AI offered U.S. manufacturers one of the largest returns on investment of any technology._”<a href="https://qoto.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArtificialIntelligence</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Industry</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Manufacturing</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tarrifs</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jobs</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/ai" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ai</a>

Miguel Afonso Caetano"Ultimately, the book seems fine to me. I’d say the policy specifics are a bit of a retread, but that’s not really a critique: the authors never claim novelty and the book itself is literally a retread of some articles they wrote for The Atlantic and The New York Times. It’s a pop policy book written for a Malcolm Gladwell type of audience, which is a valuable thing for a political movement to have. In short, I think the pique over the book is out of proportion to what the book is.With that said, the broader Abundist world that the book is attempting to push forward — a world that appears to be teeming with libertarians, right-wing Democrats like Jared Polis and Ritchie Torres, refugees of the effective altruist implosion, and tech sector types — does seem like it could head in some pretty bad directions that Abundance would fit naturally into. But this would not be the fault of Klein and Thompson."<a href="https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/03/24/the-abundance-agenda/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/03/24/the-abundance-agenda/</a><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Abundance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Abundance</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Liberals</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Manufacturing</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Innovation</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Economy</a>

Miguel Afonso Caetano"It's because of China alone, really, that the entire world now has an abundance of cheap manufactured goods, from gadgets to air conditioners, and increasingly higher-end items like cars. But it hasn't significantly redounded to the benefit of Chinese shareholders. There's been a bit of a rally lately, but mostly it's been pretty dead money.I think there is a sense in which successful efforts like China’s Made in 2025 initiative can be understood as an Operation Warp Speed policy across several key industries that have managed to harness private initiative but also made it so that private industry keeps plowing those profits back into more research and investment, leaving little left over for the shareholder.And so what I worry about when I read Thompson and Klein talk about Operation Warp Speed is that they're right, and that this kind of public-private interplay is necessary for actual abundance, but that the US economy, as it operates, can't withstand the sustained, costly investment necessary for it to work; that our existing economic model has too much riding on a perpetual rise in the value of financial assets and that this would be threatened if profits keep having to get reinvested for the public good.And that, therefore, what reads like a happy, wonky replication of a successful endeavor actually amounts to a dramatic rethinking of our political economy that would require a tremendous amount of will on both sides of the aisle, and a totally new way of establishing broad-based economic stability. It might be good and necessary, but getting there is a political project far beyond getting liberals to see things through a new lens."<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-24/i-want-to-believe-in-abundance" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-24/i-want-to-believe-in-abundance</a><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#China</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Abundance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Abundance</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Manufacturing</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Liberals</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Economy</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Liberals</a>

FP Content Bot🖋️🤖The Pelikan's Perch posted: Pelikan’s Manufacturing Future Uncertain After Hamelin Takeover <a href="https://thepelikansperch.com/2025/03/16/pelikan-manufacturing-future-uncertain/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thepelikansperch.com/2025/03/16/pelikan-manufacturing-future-uncertain/</a> <a href="https://penfount.social/tags/FountainPen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FountainPen</a> <a href="https://penfount.social/tags/Manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Manufacturing</a> <a href="https://penfount.social/tags/Peine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Peine</a>-Vöhrum <a href="https://penfount.social/tags/Hamelin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hamelin</a> <a href="https://penfount.social/tags/Pelikan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pelikan</a> <a href="https://penfount.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a>

Democracy Matters :verified:These anti-intellectual idiots think manufacturing is where it's at because they don't understand jobs where you use your brain and education.Tuberville says Trump’s tariffs ‘only shot’ at ‘getting our country back’ <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5197441-tuberville-trump-tariffs/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5197441-tuberville-trump-tariffs/</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TommyStupidville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TommyStupidville</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Alabama</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UseYourBrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UseYourBrain</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Manufacturing</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a>

Miss GayleCheeto and Muskrat are picking a fight they can't win.Link: <a href="https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-03-09/trade-war-danger-china-could-quickly-strangle-american-tech-with-metals-cutoff/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-03-09/trade-war-danger-china-could-quickly-strangle-american-tech-with-metals-cutoff/</a>Republicans of all stripes (spots?) can't seem to comprehend that money does not, in fact, decide everything - ideology can and will elbow out economics. China doesn't need us. But we need what they have.<a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coup</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Economy</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Manufacturing</a>

Miguel Afonso Caetano"Now as China is forming new global supply chains, it’s building on existing ones established by Japan and South Korea as well as the West. Chinese EV makers can build on Toyota and Nissan’s supply chain in Thailand. Chinese electronics companies can build on Samsung’s manufacturing base in Vietnam.And, like Japan before it, China is using these economic linkages to support its own national interests while framing them as mutually beneficial partnerships. China is not the only country that loves using the phrase “win-win” when describing international partnerships. Shinzo Abe used it frequently when talking about Japan’s relationship with the US, EU, Russia, Asia, and of course China. For decades, Japan claimed credit for using aid and investment to help its Asian neighbors develop economically while turning the region into Japan’s manufacturing backyard. Throughout this whole process, Japan was careful to maintain control over core technology and prevent technology “leakage” to other countries. Now China is doing many of the same things with a similar framing.But there is one important difference. China appears willing to leverage its control over technology, machinery, and critical inputs to actively undermine the industrial development of other countries—India being the prime example. In a not-so-ironic twist, China’s approach looks more like that of another great power, namely US efforts to cut out China."<a href="https://www.high-capacity.com/p/china-is-trying-to-reshape-global" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.high-capacity.com/p/china-is-trying-to-reshape-global</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#China</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/PoliticalEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoliticalEconomy</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Imperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Imperialism</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Manufacturing</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SupplyChains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SupplyChains</a>

Miguel Afonso Caetano"Put another way: China has created a system of interlocking industries. As China becomes stronger in some industries, this tightens its grip on others. What are the mechanisms by which overlapping tech-industrial ecosystems create this compounding or spillover effect?Supply: Having existing domestic suppliers in upstream industries can make it easier to source parts and work directly with suppliers to modify specifications to suit industry needs.Demand: Having an existing set of domestic buyers in downstream industries can provide a ready source of market demand and industry revenue. If downstream players are unwilling to buy domestically, they can be pushed to do so with policy measures, such as tariffs on foreign suppliers and local content requirements.Technology: Technical knowledge and manufacturing know-how can be useful across industries. Investments in R&D and manufacturing techniques in one industry can have returns across other related industries. For example, knowledge of polysilicon production is useful for photovoltaic cell and semiconductor chip manufacturing. Being able to make inverters is useful for solar, EVs, railways, and telecom equipment.Scale: If you have a product that’s an input for multiple industries, then having all of those industries domestically allows for greater economies of scale for that product. For example, China’s lithium battery industry can enjoy even greater economies of scale by supplying to China’s consumer electronics, EV, and energy storage industries."<a href="https://www.high-capacity.com/p/chinas-overlapping-tech-industrial" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.high-capacity.com/p/chinas-overlapping-tech-industrial</a><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#China</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/HighTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HighTech</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Manufacturing</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Robotis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Robotis</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/EVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EVs</a>

Longreads"During the discovery process, another employee came forward to share a document revealing what was in the green 'frit' Yvette handled each day at work: the biggest ingredient was lead."Justine Calma for The Verge: <a href="https://longreads.com/2025/02/25/the-women-who-made-americas-microchips-and-the-children-who-paid-for-it/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://longreads.com/2025/02/25/the-women-who-made-americas-microchips-and-the-children-who-paid-for-it/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Longreads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Longreads</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Manufacturing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SiliconValley</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Miscarriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Miscarriage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Workers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Women</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BirthDefects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BirthDefects</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WomensHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomensHealth</a>

Nonilex…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a>'s announcement comes days after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TimCook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TimCook</a> met w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> in the Oval Office.[I wonder if Trump threatened Cook with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prison</a> time like he did <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zuckerberg</a>.]The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manufacturing</a> academy follows Apple opening its Apple <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Developer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Developer</a> Academy in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Detroit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Detroit</a> in 2021.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Michigan</a>

Nonilex"The courses will help drive productivity, efficiency, & quality in companies’ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SupplyChains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SupplyChains</a>," <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a> said in a statement Monday. The effort is part of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> company’s larger $500B <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> investment during the next 4 yrs. Other plans include Apple & its partners opening an advanced <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manufacturing</a> facility in Houston to produce servers that support <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AppleIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AppleIntelligence</a>. All told, the company said it will hire 20k workers & produce <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> servers in the US.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Detroit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Detroit</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Michigan</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a> engineers, along with experts from universities like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichiganState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MichiganState</a> University, will help the companies implement <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArtificialIntelligence</a> & smart <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manufacturing</a> techniques. The academy will also have free in-person & online courses that teach skills including project management & how to improve manufacturing processes.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Detroit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Detroit</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Michigan</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a> to launch manufacturing supplier <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/academy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academy</a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Detroit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Detroit</a>Apple Inc. said Monday it plans to open a manufacturing supplier academy in Detroit to help small & medium-sized <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/businesses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#businesses</a> transition to advanced <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manufacturing</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Michigan</a> <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2025/02/24/apple-to-launch-manufacturing-supplier-academy-in-detroit/80026026007/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2025/02/24/apple-to-launch-manufacturing-supplier-academy-in-detroit/80026026007/</a>

Paul HouleGary, Indiana, and the Long Shadow of U.S. Steel<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/02/17/gary-indiana-and-the-long-shadow-of-us-steel" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/02/17/gary-indiana-and-the-long-shadow-of-us-steel</a>🆓 <a href="https://archive.ph/pGD1n" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.ph/pGD1n</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indiana</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usa</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/steel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#steel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ussteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ussteel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/materials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#materials</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manufacturing</a>

Strypey"North American car manufacturing is highly integrated between the three countries [US, Canada, Mexico], with parts going back and forth across borders as many as seven times during the production process."<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/PatrickBoyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PatrickBoyle</a>, 2025<a href="https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/pb183/episodes/Trumps-Tariff-Wars---What-Happens-Next-e2ulbbc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/pb183/episodes/Trumps-Tariff-Wars---What-Happens-Next-e2ulbbc</a>Why all this back and forth? Surely it would use less resources to produce a complete vehicle at one manufacturing complex? Even if you're importing specialist parts, they only need to cross the border once.<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manufacturing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/AutoManufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AutoManufacturing</a>

FrankThe women who made America’s microchips and the children who paid for itThe US wants to bring back domestic chipmaking. But America’s first generation of Silicon Valley factory workers endured unsafe manufacturing conditions and never got answers about kids born with birth defects.<a href="https://www.theverge.com/features/611297/manufacturing-workers-semiconductor-computer-chip-birth-defect" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theverge.com/features/611297/manufacturing-workers-semiconductor-computer-chip-birth-defect</a><a href="https://masto.nu/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/BirthDefects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BirthDefects</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Microchips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microchips</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SiliconValley</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Manufacturing</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Toxic</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/Chemicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chemicals</a>

WenA good review of an interesting book (confession, I receieved a proof to review)Your Life Is Manufactured: How We Make Things, Why It Matters and How We Can Do It Better<a href="http://archive.today/2025.02.16-004639/https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/your-life-manufactured-how-make-things-why-matters-can-do-better-tim-minshall-review-fl3r62kpt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://archive.today/2025.02.16-004639/https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/your-life-manufactured-how-make-things-why-matters-can-do-better-tim-minshall-review-fl3r62kpt</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Manufacturing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SupplyChains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SupplyChains</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Review" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Review</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Bookstadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstadon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TimMinshall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TimMinshall</a>

WenOne might argue that investment in steel (given probable tariffs from the single largest user of British steel) is unwise, but this might go some way on the road to rebuilding industries that were sacrificed to ‘service’, specifically financial under Thatcher and subsequent governments.<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/15/uk-rushes-forward-plans-for-25bn-steel-investment-after-trump-imposes-tariffs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/15/uk-rushes-forward-plans-for-25bn-steel-investment-after-trump-imposes-tariffs</a>A good idea or not?<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Manufacturing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Steel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Steel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Industry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Economics</a>

Raccoon🏳️‍🌈(2/2) Ejijah McCoy found work as a fireman and oiler at the <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Michigan</a> Central <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Railroad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Railroad</a>, fueling and maintaining <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/trains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trains</a>. (That hashtag is for all the <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/train" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#train</a> fans on Fedi. You're welcome.)While working on Trains, he quickly recognized flaws in the systems for keeping them oiled, which required frequent stops for maintenance, and began developing improvements. Around 1870, he started his own <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manufacturing</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#business</a> for <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/B2B" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#B2B</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/machine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#machine</a> parts.In 1872, he patented an automatic oiling known as the "McCoy Lubricating Cup", which at the time was a major step forward in quality and efficiency, drastically cutting down work for <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#engineers</a>. Other <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/companies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#companies</a> had made such devices before, and attempted to make something to compete, but his design was simply so good that companies would ask for it by name.This is the origin of the phrase, "The Real McCoy".In this modern era, it is important to remember the contributions of people like McCoy, and the detriment of policies which held them back.<a href="https://techhub.social/tags/TheRealMcCoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheRealMcCoy</a>

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