Employees assemble Ford automobiles on the Chicago Meeting Plant on June 24, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois.
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Employees assemble Ford automobiles on the Chicago Meeting Plant on June 24, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois.
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It looks like politicians can’t agree on loads. However many appear to agree on… manufacturing. Leaders of each political events have been working to try to make the U.S. a producing powerhouse once more.
On at present’s present, what’s so particular about manufacturing? Is it significantly vital for the economic system? And if manufacturing jobs are so nice, then why have firms been struggling to fill the manufacturing jobs we have already got?
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This episode was hosted by Sarah Gonzalez and Greg Rosalsky. It was produced by Sam Yellowhorse Kesler. It was edited by Jess Jiang and fact-checked by Sierra Juarez. Engineering by Debbie Daughtry with assist from Robert Rodriguez. Alex Goldmark is Planet Cash‘s government producer.
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Music: Common Manufacturing Music – “Males At Work,” “Motorkhana,” and “Digital Bubblebath”
