harry wrote:

Trading doesn't help the economy. Manufacturing helps the economy.
Trading and greed is what got America into the present troubles.

Adam Smith settled the notion of trade creating wealth in the late 18th
century in his book, "An Inquiry into the Wealth of Nations."

You really should keep up.

Besides, if manufacturing is the end-all, what is a person, company, or a
nation to DO with the stuff that is manufactured?

Sometimes I think you failed lunch.