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I spend a lot of time reading about manufacturing and its evolution, which means I end up repeatedly reading about the times and places where radical changes in manufacturing were taking place: Britain in the late 18th century, the US in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Japan in the second half of the 20th…
As of 2023, the US has around 142.3 million housing units: roughly one home for every 2.4 people in the country.
Among the most impressive manufacturing achievements of the US during WWII was the number of ships it produced.
Everything put into the building that is unnecessary, every cubic foot that is used for purely ornamental purposes beyond that needed to express its use and to make it harmonize with others of its class, is a waste — is, to put it in plain English, perverting someone’s money — George Hill, commercial real estate…
The big question about Artificial Intelligence, other than whether it will destroy human civilization, is the effect it will have on employment.
Buying a home is by far the largest purchase most of us will make, and paying the rent or mortgage will be our largest monthly expense.
Over the last few months we’ve examined the extent of the construction industry’s productivity problem.