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> Not sending production to the place with the cheapest labour is great way to have your companies being outcompeted by foreign actors.

Or it's a great way to spur innovation in automation, which has other beneficial downstream effects. This is what people always seem to forget to consider, and I don't know why.





The world has seen dizzying levels of innovation over the last 100 years. It’s STILL cheaper to outsource for huge swathes of manufacturing.

Sure, because of legislation. And legislative changes could undo that advantage and thus spur more innovation.



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