Future of Work

This is what 150 years of US employment looks like

Louisville Assembly Plant employees work to assemble the new 2013 Ford Escape on the production line at the company's newly transformed Louisville Assembly Plant in Louisville, Kentucky, June 13, 2012. Ford added 1800 jobs at the Louisville Assembly Plant and is adding 1300 additional workers to the third shift this fall, bringing total hourly employment at the plant to 4200.    REUTERS/John Sommers II      (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS TRANSPORT) - GM2E86E0F4O01

Manufacturing has always played a large part in the American economy. Image: REUTERS/John Sommers

Jeff Desjardins
Founder and editor, Visual Capitalist
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