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America underestimates the difficulty of bringing manufacturing back

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842 points putzdown | 1 comments | 15 Apr 25 13:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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margorczynski ◴[15 Apr 25 14:30 UTC] No.43693290[source]▶
Still, this kind of outsourcing of manufacturing (or even more food production) puts the US in an incredibly uncomfortable position, especially that China is its main geopolitical enemy.

What if a war erupts? Suddenly the US cannot produce a lot of essential stuff - I think Covid was a good example of that happening.

Of course the question is can this be done and what will be the price if so.

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1. franktankbank ◴[15 Apr 25 14:52 UTC] No.43693605[source]▶
Subsidize the essentials let the free market sort the rest. I think we still want competitive markets within our borders for the stuff we subsidize so we don't get stagnation of the industry. Maybe there are clues how it could be structured like we subsidize farming.