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Top employer in each state, 1990 vs 2024 (lemmy.world)

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[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Is this a major consequence of 1994's NAFTA and the relative ease of moving manufacturing jobs to Mexico, vice the service/healthcare jobs being tied to populations themselves?

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[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 12 points 1 year ago

Yes. I'm not sure what else has gone on, but NAFTA and the US China Relations Act sweaping all of the manufacturing out of the country could account for the whole change between the two maps.

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