factories

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On the first day of class, professor Reiko Hillyer writes a quote from French philosopher Michel Foucault on the board: Is it surprising that prisons resemble factories, schools, barracks, hospitals, which all resemble prisons?

From Slate • May 27, 2026

A cheaper robot worker would not solve all of those problems, but it fits neatly into Beijing’s broader answer: make factories more automated, more productive and harder to displace.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

If all U.S. factories ran at the peak utilization levels of the last decade, it would generate an additional $650 billion of additional output—but the bulk of that wouldn’t resolve the “Achilles’ heel” areas.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Additionally, a shortage of raw materials critical to semiconductor production, particularly helium, might affect factories, which could result in losses exceeding $10 billion per month, it adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The bus drives up past the old brick factories of Pawtucket and Woonsocket.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson