The problem with these and other proposals has been a conspicuous lack of evidence regarding which, if any of them is a good description of reality.

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This is evidence that is clearly consistent with the description of the new normal provided above.

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But this general belief that we must always have a manufacturing base is rather more evidence of the distinctly effective propaganda from that quarter than a description of any economic reality.

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