3D Printing Our Way to Individual, Free Association Power, and the Threat to Market Empires

The Daily Sheeple:

ING, a self-described global financial institution, recently conducted an analysis of the emerging technology of 3D printing in manufacturing. The title of the study says it all – 3D Printing: A Threat to Global Trade. You can read their full report here.

Right on the first page, the study reveals its crucial finding – that 3D Printing will cut global trade by 40%. To be precise, they refer to 3D printing as “local printed goods,” a phrase that I am inclined to embrace with enthusiasm.

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