We in the West gave our economy away. In Canada TPF — total factor
productivity has declined every year since 1991. Peter Drucker foresaw
the "super symbolic" economy as an emerging benefit to society.

But he did not foresee that manufacturing was not a sunset aspect
aspect of an economy. He did not foresee that by advocating 
abandoning old industries politicians would create policies which 
would chase money and capital elsewhere. Elsewhere is where capital
exploited investment opportunities unencumbered by having to 
depreciate old plant and equipment.

Elsewhere has the resulting benefits of capital invested there — we
do not. Politicians are seldom all that bright — except where their
egos and interests are married.

Now that policies such as those practiced in Ontario have chased 
manufacturing away politicians want to boost the wages of those 
in the speciously vaunted service economy — which is about
all that remains.

If anything manufacturing is the future.