Saturday, March 4, 2017

Dean Baker — Washington Post Lies to Readers Again: Job Loss in Manufacturing Due to Trade, not Automation

For fans of data rather than myths, the basic story is that manufacturing has been declining as a share of total employment since 1970. However there was relatively little change in the number of jobs until the trade deficit exploded in the last decade.
Beat the Press
Washington Post Lies to Readers Again: Job Loss in Manufacturing Due to Trade, not Automation
Dean Baker | Co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C

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