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From the Ted Talk by Augie Picado: The real reason manufacturing jobs are disappearing
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Now, the reality is output in the manufacturing scoetr in the US is actually gwniorg, but we are lnosig jobs. We're losing lots of them. In fact, from 2000 to 2010, 5.7 million manufacturing jobs were lost. But they're not being lost for the reasons you might think. Mike Johnson in Toledo, Ohio didn't lose his jobs at the factory to Miguel Sanchez in Monterrey, Mexico. No. Mike lost his job to a machine. 87 percent of lost manufacturing jobs have been eliminated because we've made improvements in our own pduiovtitrcy through automation. So that means that one out of 10 lost mcfuurnatanig jobs was due to offshoring. Now, this is not just a US phenomenon. No. In fact, aooiatumtn is spreading to every production line in every country around the world.
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Now, the reality is output in the manufacturing ______ in the US is actually _______, but we are ______ jobs. We're losing lots of them. In fact, from 2000 to 2010, 5.7 million manufacturing jobs were lost. But they're not being lost for the reasons you might think. Mike Johnson in Toledo, Ohio didn't lose his jobs at the factory to Miguel Sanchez in Monterrey, Mexico. No. Mike lost his job to a machine. 87 percent of lost manufacturing jobs have been eliminated because we've made improvements in our own ____________ through automation. So that means that one out of 10 lost _____________ jobs was due to offshoring. Now, this is not just a US phenomenon. No. In fact, __________ is spreading to every production line in every country around the world.
Solution
- growing
- sector
- automation
- manufacturing
- productivity
- losing
Original Text
Now, the reality is output in the manufacturing sector in the US is actually growing, but we are losing jobs. We're losing lots of them. In fact, from 2000 to 2010, 5.7 million manufacturing jobs were lost. But they're not being lost for the reasons you might think. Mike Johnson in Toledo, Ohio didn't lose his jobs at the factory to Miguel Sanchez in Monterrey, Mexico. No. Mike lost his job to a machine. 87 percent of lost manufacturing jobs have been eliminated because we've made improvements in our own productivity through automation. So that means that one out of 10 lost manufacturing jobs was due to offshoring. Now, this is not just a US phenomenon. No. In fact, automation is spreading to every production line in every country around the world.
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