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overseas, mostly to East Asian countries. Subsequently, these countries surged ahead of
the United States in the race to develop vehicles with rechargeable batteries.59 Thin-film
solar cells used in making solar panels rely on semiconductor production. U.S. firms
moved much of their semiconductor production to Asia, and the United States has fallen
behind in the rapidly developing solar industry. 60
The United States needs to scale up its investments in strengthening domestic manufacturing capacity or risk losing
more jobs in the industries of
Figure 1.7 Percent Change in Manufacturing Jobs in Select
the future. Other high-income
Countries, Adjusted for Population Growth, 1997-2010
countries, such as Germany and
Japan, have lost low-skill manufacturing jobs (see Figure 1.7),
but unlike the United States,
they are aggressively trying to
0%
prevent the loss of high-skill
-5%
manufacturing jobs.61 They do
-10%
this through industrial policies
-15%
-20%
designed to build the capacity
-25%
of their manufacturing workers
-30%
to compete in international mar-35%
-40%
kets. As a result, Germany and
-45%
Japan have actually increased
-50%
their number of high-skill manufacturing jobs.62 The U.S. Bureau
Source: Robert D. Atkinson, Luke A. Stewart, Scott M. Andes, and Stephen J. Ezell (March
2012), Worse Than the Great Depression: What Experts Are Missing About American Manufacof Labor Statistics collects data
turing Decline, The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation.
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