Betsey Stevenson, Columnist

Manly Men Need to Do More Girly Jobs

Trump needs to recognize that metal-bashing isn't the future.

December 7, 2016 at 11:00 AM UTC

Betsey Stevenson is a professor of public policy and economics at the University of Michigan. She was on the president’s Council of Economic Advisers and was chief economist at the US Department of Labor.

Occupation of the future.
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Donald Trump wants America to make things. On the campaign trail, he promised to bring iPhone assembly to the U.S. More recently, he has threatened to retaliate against any company that moves jobs offshore.

If he really wants to help his supporters, though, he should think twice about what kinds of jobs to promote.