Whilst the United States continues to attempt to pull itself out of a recession, many people are wondering where manufacturing jobs stand in the faltering economy. But is manufacturing an increasing industry in the United States? Well, this will depend on whom you ask.
The Washington Post reported that over the last 10 years the United States lost higher than a quarter of its manufacturing jobs. Although we are all aware it’s cheaper to manufacture products overseas, Washington Post reporter Peter Whoriskey explains that Asia is producing an ever-increasing workforce armed with engineering doctorates. China and other Asian countries will also be flowing an incredible number of dollars into high tech research in order to contend with the tech industry in the United States. As an example, over the last 10 years China doubled the amount of engineering doctorates awarded.
The Obama administration is well alert to the high tech manufacturing competition in China and Jute felt other Asian countries. In June 2011, President Obama launched the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, a $500 million effort between the government, universities, and corporate America to invest in new technologies that may create manufacturing jobs in the Untied States.
NPR Planet Money Correspondent Adam Davidson tackled the issue of manufacturing in the United States by examining the annals of manufacturing in one single town-Greenvile County, South Carolina. Greenvile used to be a textile manufacturing town where communities were defined by what factory you worked for. The jobs were great for people with little education.
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