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Higher Oil Prices Are Starting To Bring Jobs Home

Posted by kdawson on from the silver-lining-with-a-vengeance dept.

penguin_dance notes a report up at ABC News that high oil and gas prices in the US may be moving jobs back home in a trend that some economists are calling "reverse globalization." It's becoming more and more expensive to ship finished product from other countries, so some companies are moving the manufacturing back to the US. The article hints that this trend may spill over soon to raw materials such as steel. One economist is quoted: "It's not just about labor costs anymore. Distance costs money, and when you have to shift iron ore from Brazil to China and then ship it back to Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh is looking pretty good at 40 bucks an hour."

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  1. Whacked upside the head ... by Ungrounded+Lightning · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... by The Invisible Hand.

    Adam Smith strikes.

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  2. Macroeconomics by Citizen+of+Earth · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's almost like there was some kind of invisible hand at work.

  3. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 4, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  4. Re:Interersing trend... by Mithras6691 · · Score: 4, Funny

    This has hit the general public in a way they never really ever imagined before, and they are shocked. They've been slashdotted.
  5. wessels? by ciaohound · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thank you, Mr Checkov. Mr Sulu, lay in a course for the 1970's.

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  6. Re:Interersing trend... by pipingguy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Real problem is still TOO MANY PEOPLE.

    Hmmm, so maybe going nuclear IS the solution...

  7. Re:Interersing trend... by xZoomerZx · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nuclear power is a safe and viable alternative to fossil fuels. PERIOD!
    I wholeheartedly agree!. Because even the biggest fuel/air bombs cant get that many at once. On the other hand, even if the target scatters like roaches, you can still warm enough of them to have a body count in the seven figure range.
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  8. Re:Interersing trend... by pushing-robot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do you even understand how nuclear bombs work versus how nuclear reactors work? Yes. Until something fails it's a reactor.
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  9. No need for that by Rob+Simpson · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just don't have any children.

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