Heavy metal is back: the best cities for manufacturing. Rumors of the death of US manufacturing have been greatly exaggerated. Driving the upswing is a US energy revolution and better cost competitiveness compared with Asia. Concerns about the lack of intellectual property rights in China are also contributing. There are jobs but they are skilled jobs – there’s no shortage of English or art majors.
Author: Bonfire of the Absurdities
After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.
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