The Beer Game -or- Why Apple Can’t Build iPads in the US
Apple could afford to reopen the plants they had in Fremont, <i>they just might not be able to produce 100% of their products there</i>. From the NY Times article he refers to: paying American wages would add up to $65 to each iPhone’s expense.<p>Fender does this--they offer you the choice of a Chinese, Mexican, Japanese, or American made guitar and just price accordingly. I would pay  more for an iPhone that I knew was made in America. I'm sure I'm not the only one. Other examples: Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, Annie's Homegrown (BNNY).