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SmartPlanet: Is tech's position on manufacturing costing jobs?
Is offshore manufacturing causing the U.S. to lose the cornerstone of innovation?
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Is offshore manufacturing causing the U.S. to lose the cornerstone of innovation? Intel senior adviser Andy Grove says yes, arguing that the de-emphasis of manufacturing can actually do more harm.
Without manufacturing, the U.S. is no longer the foundation of the high-tech industry, he said. That translates to lost jobs and lost opportunities for the U.S.
In a SmartPlanet post titled, "US high-tech manufacturing base erosion breaks ‘chain of experience,’" Joe McKendrick digs deeper at Grove's comments and reminds us this that isn't just a problem in the tech industry.
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