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Deming et al. (2024) show that over the last 15 years, the boom in low-skilled service-sector jobs has gone into reverse, and Americans are instead flooding into higher-skilled professional service jo... 0.900

👤 Deming et al.

Simplified: Deming et al. (2024) indicate that low-skilled service jobs are declining, and more Americans are moving into high-skilled professional services.

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2 million workers were only 1.5% of the U.S. workforce at the time 0.900

Simplified: 2 million workers represented 1.5% of the US workforce.

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EPI writes that wages “have not been stagnant”, but “have…been suppressed”. 0.900

👤 Economic Policy Institute

Simplified: The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) says wages are not stagnant but suppressed.

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Wage growth has resumed since the mid-1990s, despite increasing trade deficits. 0.800

Simplified: Wages have increased since the mid-1990s even with rising trade deficits.

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Manufacturing’s share of GDP is drifting down everywhere. 0.800

Simplified: The percentage of manufacturing in GDP is decreasing globally.

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Last year the U.S. ran a manufactures trade deficit of around 4 percent of GDP. 0.900

👤 Paul Krugman

Simplified: Last year the U.S. trade deficit for manufactured goods was about 4% of GDP.

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Everyone knows about the China Shock paper and the collapse of manufacturing employment by about 3 million in the 2000s. 0.900

Simplified: A paper called China Shock describes a drop in manufacturing jobs by 3 million in the 2000s.

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Unionized factory jobs built a broad-based middle class, and we made everything we needed for ourselves. 0.700

Simplified: Union factory jobs in the mid-20th century created a middle class and America was self-sufficient.

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In the 1950s and 1960s, America was a smokestack economy. 0.800

Simplified: America's economy in the 1950s and 1960s was heavily based on smokestack industries.

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Those who had never left their hometown supported him by a remarkable twenty-six points. 0.800

👤 Yoni Appelbaum

Simplified: Voters who never left their hometown supported Trump by 26 points.

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Those living within a two-hour drive, though, backed Trump by nine points. 0.800

👤 Yoni Appelbaum

Simplified: Voters near their hometowns supported Trump by 9 points.

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Among white voters who had moved more than two hours from their hometown, Hillary Clinton enjoyed a solid six-point lead. 0.800

👤 Yoni Appelbaum

Simplified: Hillary Clinton led by 6 points among white voters who moved more than two hours from their hometown.

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Unemployment in the United States has been close to a 50-year low for more than three years now. 0.900

Simplified: US unemployment has been near a 50-year low for over three years.

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The Brookings Institution in 2018 looked at 185 urban industrial counties that had lots of manufacturing jobs in 1970 and discovered that 115 had managed to transition from manufacturing, improving re... 0.800

👤 The Brookings Institution

Simplified: A 2018 Brookings study found 115 of 185 industrial counties transitioned successfully from manufacturing by improving residents' well-being.

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Over the past two and a half decades, real wage growth for the poorest is up more than 40 percent in Flint and over 26 percent in Greensboro. 0.800

Simplified: Real wages for the poorest workers have grown by over 40% in Flint and over 26% in Greensboro in the last 25 years.

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During the years of the China shock, the United States actually gained more than 2 million jobs overall. 0.700

Simplified: The US gained over 2 million jobs overall during the 'China shock' years.

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These days, on average about 30 million Americans in the private sector lose their jobs annually, and a similar number gain jobs every year. 0.900

Simplified: Around 30 million Americans lose and gain jobs annually in the private sector.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently inflated that number to 3.7 million. 0.800

👤 Scott Bessent

Simplified: Scott Bessent claimed the number of job losses was 3.7 million.

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About 2 million jobs were lost between 1999 and 2011 as a result of China’s rise in manufacturing prowess. 0.700

👤 David Autor

Simplified: Approximately 2 million jobs were lost between 1999 and 2011 due to China's manufacturing growth.

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The hourly wages of the bottom third of Americans are up by even more: over 40 percent. 0.800

👤 Noah Smith

Simplified: Hourly wages for the lowest-paid third of Americans have risen over 40%.

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