Some people noticed ...
Once again, I recommend this book, now 34 years old:
https://www.amazon.com/Reckoning-David-Halberstam-ebook/dp/B00AG8FZ4C/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1SPCN0H0ITBEY&dchild=1&keywords=the+reckoning+david+halberstam&qid=1591119800&s=books&sprefix=the+reckoning%2Caps%2C187&sr=1-1
From the reviews:
"Powerfully developing his thesis that the complacency and shortsightedness of American workers and their bosses, especially the automakers of Detroit, have led to a decline of industrial know-how so critical that Asian carmakers, particularly the Japanese, have virtually taken over the market, Halberstam tells in panoramic detail a story that is alarming in its implications...."
https://www.amazon.com/Reckoning-David-Halberstam-ebook/dp/B00AG8FZ4C/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1SPCN0H0ITBEY&dchild=1&keywords=the+reckoning+david+halberstam&qid=1591119800&s=books&sprefix=the+reckoning%2Caps%2C187&sr=1-1
From the reviews:
"Powerfully developing his thesis that the complacency and shortsightedness of American workers and their bosses, especially the automakers of Detroit, have led to a decline of industrial know-how so critical that Asian carmakers, particularly the Japanese, have virtually taken over the market, Halberstam tells in panoramic detail a story that is alarming in its implications...."