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Eric Hovde: “If you went back 50 years ago, [manufacturing] would have…”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 00:58

Conversely, services have stayed above 50 and expansion. Now, today, about two thirds of our economy is driven by services. If you went back 50 years ago, [manufacturing] would have been about two thirds of our economy. All right. The stock market. (00:58–01:06)

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Asserts that 50 years ago, manufacturing constituted about two-thirds of the economy.

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