“Manufacturing may be returning to the US, but the jobs are nowhere to be found. Moreover, the higher the salaries of workers, and the more benefits workers demand, the greater the incentives of manufacturers to eliminate humans. Apple plans to install a million robots in China to ‘supplement’ its work force. A large banner at Flextronics plant proudly proclaims ‘Bringing Jobs & Manufacturing Back to California!’ but the assembly line runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week few human workers. If you want to blame something for the loss of manufacturing jobs, blame increased productivity, not China or NAFTA.”
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2012/08/robots-to-rule-world-taking-all-jobs.html
Part 2:
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2012/08/part-ii-robots-to-rule-world-taking-all.html