Has any country every gone from a consumer economy to a manufacturing powerhouse with no central planning?

[Chive Turkey]

If we want to return to manufacturing it is gonna be a dismal couple of years, and a lot of people don't realize or want to realize it.

It might be easier if it was a long term project, but Trump's going for a shock therapy approach. It'll be interesting to see if it pays off.

Bidenflation did seem to be a major factor in people voting for Trump, so it's gonna be funny seeing the Joe Cumias trying to rationalize these reforms while they spent the last years braying for prices to go down at all costs.

 

[Saddam Hussein]

It might be easier if it was a long term project, but Trump's going for a shock therapy approach. It'll be interesting to see if it pays off.

Bidenflation did seem to be a major factor in people voting for Trump, so it's gonna be funny seeing the Joe Cumias trying to rationalize these reforms while they spent the last years braying for prices to go down at all costs.

Yeah the public asked for lower prices, not a complete reshaping of our economy

 

[RoTheHo69]

Yeah the public asked for lower prices, not a complete reshaping of our economy

You need to find more places for cheap manufacturing and then move the operations over. It wasn't going to continue being China anyway as even they were outsourcing lower cost manufacturing to places like Vietnam due to changing demographic and financial factors.

 

[Saddam Hussein]

You need to find more places for cheap manufacturing and then move the operations over. It wasn't going to continue being China anyway as even they were outsourcing lower cost manufacturing to places like Vietnam due to changing demographic and financial factors.

yeah but the administration wants to bring it back to the US which has a higher labor cost than all those nations. The cheap goods Americans have loved since the end of WWII would come to an end.

 

[RoTheHo69]

yeah but the administration wants to bring it back to the US

What percentage of what type of manufacturing? Rubber dogshit? Flip flops? Automobiles? Is this something they said? Why did they say it?
You may know the answer to all of these questions, but I don't.

 

[Saddam Hussein]

What percentage of what type of manufacturing? Rubber dogshit? Flip flops? Automobiles? Is this something they said? Why did they say it?
You may know the answer to all of these questions, but I don't.

There isn’t really a plan here. It’s just lashing out at foreign countries because you’re unwilling improve anything at home

 

[RoTheHo69]

There isn’t really a plan here. It’s just lashing out at foreign countries because you’re unwilling improve anything at home

Maybe you're right.

 

[Dennyislife]

yeah but the administration wants to bring it back to the US which has a higher labor cost than all those nations. The cheap goods Americans have loved since the end of WWII would come to an end.

Or lower wages for Americans

 

[Turry]

It might be easier if it was a long term project, but Trump's going for a shock therapy approach. It'll be interesting to see if it pays off.

I'm sure he knows that a long term solution is preferable but if he doesn't get it well on its way now it's not going to get done.

 

[Turry]

Yeah the public asked for lower prices, not a complete reshaping of our economy

"Hey I asked you to cure my cancer, not cut me open and irradiate me!"

Ha ha ha holee shit

 

[Saddam Hussein]

Or lower wages for Americans

At that point just keep those jobs in Asia

 

[Bam's Feet]

If we want to return to manufacturing it is gonna be a dismal couple of years, and a lot of people don't realize or don't want to realize it.

Yeah but robots