Money would be better spent pumping up the manufacturing and service industries. |
The only service industries to remain onshore will be those where the servicer has to be physically close to the consumer. |
Meanwhile, heavy work in industry and agriculture has mostly been replaced by sedentary activities in service industries. |
Other service industries are reacting to excess capacity and weak demand with savage price wars, further depressing prices. |
In urban areas, lower-class men work in crafts, manufacturing, and low-paid service industries. |
But like all service industries, whether subsidised or not, its ultimate survival depends on patronage. |