Bringing back American manufacturing is one of the most important challenges we face as a nation, and @garrytan is being delusional. That’s okay, btw; VCs have to be delusional—it’s part of their job. The source of his (and many VCs') delusion is that they think bringing back American manufacturing can be solved by... See more

A recent reflection, based on conversations with economists and policy leaders, is that there are two superficially similar but importantly different perspectives one can hold with respect to US manufacturing: * Affinity for manufacturing and physical production is an anachronistic fetish, embodied by populists with... See more