Here is Oxford saying 1.5 million additional US manufacturing jobs will be lost to robots by 2030 usnews.com/news/economy/a…
Are there data points that muddy the picture? Yes. But it is indisputable that 4 to 5 million manufacturing jobs have been lost in the US since 2000, largely in OH, PA, MI, WI and IA, and that a lot of that has been due to automation, technology and machines. Start there.
What has blown me away is how lazily dubious some journalists and pundits are. Dig into the data and make a balanced determination. Don’t dismiss it because you wish it weren’t true and you prefer another story.
I honestly approached the data interested in what I’d find. It painted a pretty clear picture to me. I didn’t have an agenda. I wish our labor market were more dynamic and that the adjustments were happening. But they aren’t. By the numbers.
I also approached the problem having spent 7 years working with hundreds of entrepreneurs in Cleveland, Detroit, St. Louis, Baltimore, Birmingham, New Orleans and other communities around the country. I saw what was happening. The data bore out my experiences.
I wrote a book that presents the data amazon.com/War-Normal-Peo…
