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The production of this paragraph was not outsourced to the Philippines or Mexico. It was written, punctuated, and fact-checked in the U.S.A. It was, however, composed on a laptop computer that was manufactured by Lenovo, a company in which the Chinese government owns a twenty-seven-per-cent share (Lenovo.com; Model X301, starting at $1,999). The writer is American, but also Russian and Romanian. Her ideas derive partially from Adam Smith, the Scottish moral philosopher and political economist. A coffeemaker made by the German company Braun was tangentially involved (Amazon.com; ten-cup coffeemaker, $39.99).
Don't our fellow-citizens create anything? Well, ...