Quote by Thomas Sowell

“With industrial capacity destroyed in Europe—except for Scandinavia—and in Japan and crippled in the United Kingdom, the United States produced approximately 60 percent of…

— Don Watkins

“1950, Britain's share was down to 3 percent and that of the United States was 82 percent.”

— Thomas Sowell

During the 1960s, and again in the 1970s, growth in manufacturing productivity in the United Kingdom was the lowest of all the seven major…

— Nigel Lawson

A little over 5% of the world's population produces almost 29% of the world's goods and services.

— Stephen Covey

“Britain was overtaken not only in gross output but also in output per worker. It lost its lead in technological innovation.”

— Thomas Sowell

“England achieved the breakthrough to growth. England’s growth followed from agricultural advances which increased incomes sufficiently that people started to demand more manufactured goods.”

— Edward A. Hudson

Manufacturing doesn't just mean building cars and metal-bashing; it includes making pharmaceuticals and hi-tech electronics. A crucial part of the process is the research…

— Martin Rees

Look at Germany where 20 percent of the labor force is in manufacturing compared to about 8 percent in the United States. Germany pays…

— Edward Alden

Between 1939 and 1945 you produced weapons and war equipment valued at thirteen billion dollars, 70 per cent of which you shipped to your…

— Anonymous

Substantial progress was made in spreading our foreign trade to other areas. Our total trade with Northwest Europe in the first 8 months of…

— Ramon Magsaysay

In its best prewar year, Europe with almost 300 million people had a gross national product of 150 billion dollars. In that same year,…

— Paul Hoffman

“1914, the coal mines in Wales employed more than a quarter of a million people and supplied approximately one third of the world's coal exports.”

— Thomas Sowell