I'm reminded of Boyce Watkins a while back lambasting Korean small business owners for dominating the Black hair industry. He often seems to voice fiery calls for Black self-empowerment. I'm actually curious if Glenn knows Dr. Watkins and wonder whether Boyce might make for a good guest on The Glenn Show one of these days.
As I pointed out in the other thread, Asians, in particular the Chinese, are actually making an effort to re-industrialize America and bring back manufacturing jobs to the US. Unfortunately, as evidenced by the pushback against Ford's proposed licensing agreement with CATL for a battery plant in Michigan and likewise Gotion's plans for a battery plant also in the state of Michigan, there is enormous resistance on the part of the American political class and even much of the general population against this on the basis of vaguely articulated national security concerns. Thus I posed the question in the prior thread whether or not in general people believe that economic prosperity should be subordinate to geopolitics. This has ramifications for the economic well-being of all Americans regardless of race.
Separate from the causal question of whether deindustrialization led to the further socioeconomic deterioration of Black Americans, I'm of the belief that Clifton is absolutely correct in emphasizing the multiplier effects of manufacturing. Taiwan, with a population of 24 million, and South Korea, with a population of 52 million, disproportionately dominate high tech manufacturing in areas like semiconductors. Consider the fact that those two countries with a combined population of 76 million constituting less than one percent of the global population of over 8 billion comprise between 80-85% of global semiconductor manufacturing by revenue, and one sees just how staggering the overrepresentation is.
Furthermore, I believe that TSMC alone accounts for around 15% of Taiwanese GDP and likewise I had read that Samsung accounts for around 16% of South Korean GDP. Given that these are single companies, that fact truly is staggering as well. By comparison, I vaguely recall that at one point Walmart accounted for about 2% of American GDP and that was the highest of any single American company I believe.
We tend to think of manufacturing as supporting the lifeblood of communities or even cities, but as the examples of Taiwan and South Korea show, entire countries have been able to catapult themselves into prosperity and geopolitical prominence by cultivating expertise in specific but highly technical and in-demand industries. I'm not an economist by any means, but I'd venture a guess that Taiwan and South Korea are the embodiment of manufacturing multiplier effects par excellence.
I wrote my original post by emphasizing the need educating people in support of those people who actually ruin the country. Technology of course, is important and many high school students of all races will gravitate toward technology, but Im talking about the people that really hold us together like everyone in every trade. Where would we be without them. It doesn’t matter if you are the best tech wizard on the planet and your wont start. Of course you could take a bus, but who would drive it or your car does start but you get into a fender bender and you have to go to the ER, what nurses would be there to help. You get out the ER and now you would have to get your cars body repaired. the point Im making is it takes a lot of skilled people to run this country. Finally, the pay for all trades is much more than working on an assembly line because the tradesman has a skill that adds value. Assembly line workers can easily be replaced by a robot.
Dr. Boyce Walkins should be invited by Glenn Loury to give different perspectives. Walkins and I agree with Dr. Claud Anderson's approach to changing the inappropriate behavior of blacks to compete in this unforgiving capitalistic system. Different Asian groups are more cohesive than blacks (code of conduct). Will it take a catastrophic event(s) to get blacks to wear their glasses from upside down? I'm very frustrated.
I'm reminded of Boyce Watkins a while back lambasting Korean small business owners for dominating the Black hair industry. He often seems to voice fiery calls for Black self-empowerment. I'm actually curious if Glenn knows Dr. Watkins and wonder whether Boyce might make for a good guest on The Glenn Show one of these days.
As I pointed out in the other thread, Asians, in particular the Chinese, are actually making an effort to re-industrialize America and bring back manufacturing jobs to the US. Unfortunately, as evidenced by the pushback against Ford's proposed licensing agreement with CATL for a battery plant in Michigan and likewise Gotion's plans for a battery plant also in the state of Michigan, there is enormous resistance on the part of the American political class and even much of the general population against this on the basis of vaguely articulated national security concerns. Thus I posed the question in the prior thread whether or not in general people believe that economic prosperity should be subordinate to geopolitics. This has ramifications for the economic well-being of all Americans regardless of race.
Separate from the causal question of whether deindustrialization led to the further socioeconomic deterioration of Black Americans, I'm of the belief that Clifton is absolutely correct in emphasizing the multiplier effects of manufacturing. Taiwan, with a population of 24 million, and South Korea, with a population of 52 million, disproportionately dominate high tech manufacturing in areas like semiconductors. Consider the fact that those two countries with a combined population of 76 million constituting less than one percent of the global population of over 8 billion comprise between 80-85% of global semiconductor manufacturing by revenue, and one sees just how staggering the overrepresentation is.
Furthermore, I believe that TSMC alone accounts for around 15% of Taiwanese GDP and likewise I had read that Samsung accounts for around 16% of South Korean GDP. Given that these are single companies, that fact truly is staggering as well. By comparison, I vaguely recall that at one point Walmart accounted for about 2% of American GDP and that was the highest of any single American company I believe.
We tend to think of manufacturing as supporting the lifeblood of communities or even cities, but as the examples of Taiwan and South Korea show, entire countries have been able to catapult themselves into prosperity and geopolitical prominence by cultivating expertise in specific but highly technical and in-demand industries. I'm not an economist by any means, but I'd venture a guess that Taiwan and South Korea are the embodiment of manufacturing multiplier effects par excellence.
I wrote my original post by emphasizing the need educating people in support of those people who actually ruin the country. Technology of course, is important and many high school students of all races will gravitate toward technology, but Im talking about the people that really hold us together like everyone in every trade. Where would we be without them. It doesn’t matter if you are the best tech wizard on the planet and your wont start. Of course you could take a bus, but who would drive it or your car does start but you get into a fender bender and you have to go to the ER, what nurses would be there to help. You get out the ER and now you would have to get your cars body repaired. the point Im making is it takes a lot of skilled people to run this country. Finally, the pay for all trades is much more than working on an assembly line because the tradesman has a skill that adds value. Assembly line workers can easily be replaced by a robot.
Dr. Boyce Walkins should be invited by Glenn Loury to give different perspectives. Walkins and I agree with Dr. Claud Anderson's approach to changing the inappropriate behavior of blacks to compete in this unforgiving capitalistic system. Different Asian groups are more cohesive than blacks (code of conduct). Will it take a catastrophic event(s) to get blacks to wear their glasses from upside down? I'm very frustrated.