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Recursion

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7. How is doing nails any different from making widgets for each other?
Reply to SoCalDem (Reply #3)
Tue May 21, 2013, 06:04 AM
May 2013

There's still nothing magic about manufacturing as opposed to services.

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Ongoing disaster evident in too many states [View all] HiPointDem May 2013 OP
alas, those stats are just not true. They cover up just how great the comeback is. graham4anything May 2013 #1
The glass used to be full of milk. Now it's 2/3 full of sewage. But perhaps you have a point. n/t jtuck004 May 2013 #6
I have to agree. Summer Hathaway May 2013 #2
The folly of the "consumer/service" economy in action SoCalDem May 2013 #3
"thought the whole thing would hold together long enough for the Boomers to die off" HiPointDem May 2013 #4
It's no accident that as pensions (which used to be the norm) were eliminated SoCalDem May 2013 #5
How is doing nails any different from making widgets for each other? Recursion May 2013 #7
one used to pay a living wage Skittles May 2013 #8
And doesn't anymore. That doesn't have anything to do with service vs. manufacture Recursion May 2013 #9
mmmm,....... Skittles May 2013 #10
Yes, arguing that manufacturing is magically better than service is a waste of time Recursion May 2013 #12
How does a service economy create wealth from raw materials? House of Roberts May 2013 #14
Services and goods both have finite lifetimes, and both increase quality of life Recursion May 2013 #15
We have an 11.2% unemployment rate in our rural county fasttense May 2013 #11
we have about 10% last i checked. the view is different from this angle. HiPointDem May 2013 #13
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