The vanishing of those steady factory jobs that once lifted so many blue-collar Americans into the middle class is a tragedy. President Donald Trump has put the issue front and center by pledging to turn U.S. manufacturing’s fortunes around. To do so, his administration will need to answer the central question regarding the decline of manufacturing:
What is primarily to blame for fading factory employment?
Is it mostly the siren song of inexpensive labor that enticed American companies to ship jobs to countries like China and Mexico, and American consumers to buy cheaper foreign imports?
Or is the bigger culprit automation, which has been replacing human hands with technology at least since the Industrial Revolution, and even before?
Strategic Problem Solver Rashid Brown uses his book “Careergonomics: A Practical Guide for Mastering Personal Development and Employment Success in the 21st Century” to help you understand the Robotic Rise of America and if they a threat to employment.
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