Can the U.S. Manufacture Employment Through Exports? →
While export promotion is often seen as a strategy of increasing manufacturing employment, in the past decade U.S. employment growth has all been in the services sectors. Even though manufacturing is important in itself, the promotion of U.S. exports is likely to generate more indirect jobs in wholesaling, transport, and professional services than direct jobs in manufacturing.
(Via Link Exchange, 2010/08/05.)
