Still Number One

As pundits here continue their man-crush on China's aging autocrats (notwithstanding their policies that are more brown than green), remember that America remains the number one manufacturing country in dollar value of manufacturing.

Manufacturing may be lower as a percentage of our economy than others, but not dramatically so. And if you are upset that fewer workers produce our goods, are you also upset that so few farmers produce our food?

American dominance is not guaranteed. We have to work at it. And even if we do work at it, our dominance still isn't guaranteed since other countries are working, too.

But we have a long way to go before we relinquish our pole position to China--or anyone else.