Why old-fashioned manufacturing jobs won’t return to the WestManufacturing is no longer about the production line By S.W. MANUFACTURING has a powerful hold over politicians and policymakers in the rich world. Donald Trump, among others, wants to bring the job of making things back to America from the low-cost countries to which it has emigrated. Manufacturing is worthy of political attention. Manu
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