# Advanced Economies Must Still Make Things

<http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/tech-careers/advanced-economies-must-still-make-things>

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- Saved: March 31, 2016 (2016-03-31T11:18:54Z)
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## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

And yet manufacturing is still important for the health of a country’s economy, because no other sector can generate nearly as many well-paying jobs. Take Facebook, which at the end of last year had 12,691 employees, versus the 344,109 that Toyota had at the end of its fiscal year, in March 2015. Making things still matters.

## Facts

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