&gt;U.S. manufacturing jobs, I argued a few weeks ago, are never coming back.<p>Horse and buggy jobs aren&#x27;t coming back either. That&#x27;s not a bad thing. U.S. manufacturing is outputting almost 50% more than it did 20 years ago(1). US manufacturing is more productive and provides a higher standard of living generally. Having said all of that, there are still manufacturing jobs, despite all of the rhetoric to the contrary.<p>1. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;05&#x2F;08&#x2F;upshot&#x2F;the-economy-is-rigged-and-other-presidential-campaign-myths.html?smid=pl-share&amp;_r=0" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;05&#x2F;08&#x2F;upshot&#x2F;the-economy-is-rigg...</a><p>As for the title, I don&#x27;t miss unions.