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  Manufacturing more confusion
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Last EditedTony82  Jan 16, 2004 12:28am
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MediaNewspaper - Washington Times
News DateFriday, January 16, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0
Description"Manufacturing jobs" has become a battle cry of those who oppose free trade and are sounding an alarm about American jobs being exported to lower-wage countries overseas. However, manufacturing jobs are much less of a problem than manufacturing confusion.

Much of what is being said confuses what is true of one sector of the economy with what is true of the economy as a whole. Every modern economy is constantly changing in technology and organization. This means resources — human as well as natural resources and other inputs — are constantly sent in new directions as things are produced in new ways.
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