Carmakers have announced nearly 70 billion of investments in 2021 and 2022. That's the industry's biggest building boom in decades, says Andrew Keen. The investment corridor stretches from Michigan down through the industrial heartland to Georgia. For chip makers, you have these giant semiconductor fabs that are coming up in different parts of the U.S., he adds.
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