The idea that manufacturing can be brought back entirely to the United States is implausible because production is much more expensive domestically; microchip production is substantially more expensive in the U.S. than in Taiwan or South Korea.

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Niall Ferguson

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it's just much more expensive to make microchips in the US

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The 4 Biggest Threats to the West, According to Historian Ferguson | At Barron'sBarron's
Created: 8/12/2026, 10:29:25 PM

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