Does a legacy in manufacturing preclude a future in it? We're trying to implement industrial policy without the industrial base, and that's a problem. What can geography reveal about the frontier of manufacturing in America? The first post in this series documented U.S. manufacturing’s stasis ever since the Great Recession of 2008 — low rates of job creation and job losses, low rates of job turnover, and low startup rates. This post similarly peers under the surface of the sector to examine...