Account: Reasons manufacturing jobs return to the U.S.

The articles and the videos present different reasons why the phenomenon of “insourcing” has become more and more present in the United States. In what follows, we will give examples of these reasons from the sourche material.

Utility costs are higher in other countries:

As China has modernized, its estimated advantage in manufacturing costs over the U.S. has declined to a less than five percent. Last year, (...) utility costs in China had risen 15 percent between 2010 and 2011. The cost of land used for industrial purposes in the People's Republic also has skyrocketed, especially compared to similar real estate in the U.S.”(Kennedy, ll. 10-15)

Shipping from other countries is more expensive:

Some U.S. manufacturers now have access to less expe…

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American Pride

American pride - The concept of national pride is very subtly integrated in all the articles and videos analyzed before, and we believe you might find interesting points for discussion when analyzing it carefully.

Although not necessarily mentioned as such, American pride plays an important role in the process of “insourcing” of jobs to America. In what follows, we have created a few questions for you to consider when you deal with this concept in your paper:

• What is the connection between American pride and the strive for ori…