[Mortimer Snavely]

Here's a link which may or may not be of concern to you: http://www.gardnerweb.com/cons ump/country.html

[The Vast Right Wing]

This is not of concern to me. Why should I be concerned if the US is 4th in machine tool production? Similarly, why should I be concerned if the US is dead last in production of any particular good. We measure economic performance by statistics such as productivity and national wealth. By those yardsticks, the US is doing pretty good.