Economy
"Missing Middle" in Manufacturing
Lack of low-to-medium skill factory jobs leaves a thin bridge from farms and informal work to formal industry.
The “missing middle” in factories means too few stable, low-to-medium skill jobs bridging farms and informal work to formal industry.
What keeps this stuck
- Labor-compliance cliffs that punish crossing size thresholds
- Subsidies that incentivize staying micro-small
- Credit gaps for mid-tier firms trying to scale
- Capital-intensive automation bias among large conglomerates
- Targeted bureaucratic harassment of growing firms
Is this a root problem worth fixing first?
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