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The Death Of American Manufacturing In 1 Simple Chart

Manufacturing's share of all U.S. employment fell to an all-time record low of 8.48% in May. While blame has been laid at the foot of globalization and technology, in fact it has been an almost non-stop decline since the end of World War 2.

So how do we 'make America great again'?

The answer seems simple to some in Washington - World War 3?