>[!NOTE]+ Meta Author:: Derek Thompson Reference:: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/01/craft-beer-industry/550850/ Date:: 2018-19-01 Tags:: #warp/webpage WeftLinks:: [[Economic value of craft]] ### Summary By contrast with large-scale industrial production, boutique craft-based breweries provide more employment and expansion of the market. > the existence of corporate behemoths stamps out innovation and hurts workers. Indeed, between 2002 and 2007, employment at breweries actually declined in the midst of an economic expansion. > Between 2008 and 2016, the number of brewery establishments expanded by a factor of six, and the number of brewery workers grew by 120 percent. > They count nearly 70,000 brewery employees, nearly three times the figure just 10 years ago. > In Illinois and Idaho, brewing jobs grew by a factor of 10 between 2006 and 2016, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. > “We’ve seen three main markers in the rise of craft beer—fuller flavor, greater variety, and more intense support for local businesses.” > just as research shows that gargantuan companies are bad for innovation and job creation, the craft-beer boom shows that the burgeoning of small firms stimulates both product variety and employment.