http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/12/foxconn-factory-in-the-ruins-of-detroit Comments On: Foxconn Factory In the Ruins of Detroit? by Charles Mudede en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:30:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by jhops]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:20:13 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Doctor Memory]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:04:31 -0800 The Stranger
Foxconn's factories in Brazil were pretty clearly their test run for internationalizing their operations: Mexico and the US are likely next, and not necessarily in that order.

The obvious model here is Toyota and Honda, who quite happily assemble cars in Mississippi and Ohio respectively.
Posted by Doctor Memory]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:03:32 -0800 The Stranger
Also, on top of wages narrowing, fuel goes up; at some point it becomes cheaper to pay people here than to manufacture cheap shit halfway around the world and then pay to ship it here. Now we just need to figure out what to do with landfills full of barely-a-year-old cellphones...
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