What type of engineering is most susceptible to outsourcing?

[BCEagle91]

<br>

<p>Not obvious to me and thus worth it for me to try to consume and
understand. This stuff is not in my bailiwick. Buying cars , food and
other consumables ARE in my bailiwick. Being outsourced is now in my
realm of direct experience; and so I am interested in WHY? As BAbe, the
Pig in the City, as s/he was being relentlessly chased by the ravenous
pit bull dog, finally said in utter exasperation,</p>

<br>

<p>I alway thought that engineers take economics to meet their social
science GEDs as these are the most numerical of the social sciences.</p>

<p>BTW, you’re not supposed to link to YouTube videos on CC. It violates
TOS.</p>

<br>

<p>So the Missouri companies exporting of copper waste is considered a
apart of the ag industry (You put that after I made the post on
agriculture).</p>

<br>

<p>No. But I thought that it enhanced the point about other countries
wanting our raw materials. A colony of an empire typically imports
finished goods and exports raw materials. You can see that this keeps
the colony, a colony. An economic power wants to import raw materials,
make finished goods and then export those finished goods. Guess which
countries are doing that.</p>

<br>

<p>Inasmuch as I have read <em>headlines</em> (but also see my stmt of my
ignorance above) about macroeconomics, I thought that there was a HUGE
trade imbalance or trade deficit between china and the USA, with the
USA on the losing end? I wd think your citation of the MO. companies
would be exceptions to these headlines.</p>

<br>

<p>There is a huge trade imbalance. We are selling them raw materials and
they are selling us finished goods. Guess which is larger in the
aggregate.</p>

<br>

<p>I’m glad used cars might start going down in price.</p>

<br>

<p>The top of the real estate bubble was in 2005 so we’ve had many years
of people trying to hold onto their old cars for as long as possible.
At some point, old cars cost more in time and maintenance than a newer
vehicle and the fleet starts to turn over with new cars for those that
can afford them, and then newer cars for the rest.</p>

<p>My local Toyota dealership is doing rather well. They gave raises to
their employees this year; something that they didn’t do last year. I
usually see a car carrier when I’m at the dealership and they have
been hiring.</p>

<p>I see new cars at the office. It’s nice to see smaller vehicles. For
many years, it was trucks, SUVs and Minivans. Now I see more sedans
and more of the Prius.</p>