”Many of those higher-margin, technology-intensive production will remain in the U.S., and should help keep jobs here becoming steadily better, safer and higher paid than in earlier generations.”
This is sheer conjecture. Why should these jobs stay in America? Don’t the manufacturers of high-margin technology intensive products want to make higher profits?
”Other jobs serving certain protected markets, like medical instruments that are carefully monitored and require collaboration between doctors, hospitals and producers, should also remain, as will those involved with making something big and bulky, like kitchen cabinets that are costly to ship, or perishable items like frozen food and bread”
More dreaming! Medical instruments are already manufactured overseas and my grocery offers a wide variety of Mediterranean, Italian, and Mexican breads prepared overseas.
”Demand will also escalate for basic goods like washing machines, cars and telephones in parts of the world where many people have never had them before. That will keep global assembly lines humming”
Sorry Jack but those washing machines, cars and telephones are not manufactured in America!
”concluded a two-year study by the Manufacturers Alliance, a public policy and business research group in Arlington, Va”
Isn’t it interesting that the Manufacturers Alliance does not have a single manufacturer on its staff??????? Go to their web site and see for yourself.
”But positions in computer and mathematical occupations are expected to increase 29% in the coming decade.
This is based on absolutely nothing.
They're all on the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees, dummy.