“Services generate about 70% of rich-world GDP” says a recent Economist article, which highlighted the drafting of a new regional trade agreement between Canada and Europe. While this trade treaty, called the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), includes many of your boring, old-school tariff and farming talk, it more importantly looks to liberalize the […]
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It’s not you, it’s me: a breakup letter to Brookings
My dear Brookings Institution, you recently wrote up a blog post on the importance of manufacturing hubs to kick-start America’s new industrial economy. By the time you read this, I will be miles away, hidden behind a computer. So I feel that I can safely say what needs to be said: you wrote a lot, […]
Manufacturing vs. Services: Who gets paid the most?
Similar to the Industrial Revolution and the effects the economic shift had on agricultural employment during the turn of the 20th century, the manufacturing sector continues to lose jobs while simultaneously maintaining its productivity: Like farming, this evolution has been good for consumers: the sectors are more efficient and products are cheaper and more plentiful, […]
