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![TheEconomist Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::5988062.png) The Economist [@TheEconomist](/creator/twitter/TheEconomist) on x 27M followers
Created: 2025-07-09 08:20:12 UTC

Around the world, politicians are fixated on factories. But this obsession with factories is built on myths—and will be self-defeating

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