> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: [[Jesse Adams Stein]] > Reference:: Stein, J.A. (2022) _Industrial Craft in Australia_. Springer Nature. > Date:: 2022 > Tags:: #warp #Australia > WeftLinks:: [[Economic value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - Craft makes an important contribution to the economy]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > A country needs to be able to make things. ### Highlights > In Australia, local industries from textiles to steel-making report that the pandemic has resulted in increased demand for locally produced products, > the widespread devaluation of trade skills has resulted in an ageing workforce and a generational risk of knowledge loss, which will be very difficult to recover once those with industrial craft knowledge are gone. What is at stake is a wider problem for countries such as Australia: if we lose the capacity to make things, there is a sovereign risk of a fundamental lack of national self-sufficiency.