There is no empirical evidence that China stole jobs from Americans; US unemployment has averaged 4.2% for the past 10 years (excluding COVID), manufacturing output is near all-time high, real wages for production workers are at all-time high, and American exports are near all-time high.

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Donald Boudreaux

Evidence Quote

You cannot find any evidence for it in the data. If you look at the data, the US unemployment rate is very low and it's been putting aside the co years, it's been very low. It's averaged about 4.2% for the past 10 years if you eliminate the co era [8:54]

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Why You're Getting Poorer: Major Slowdown Ahead | Donald BoudreauxDavid Lin
Created: 8/11/2026, 6:30:09 AM

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