With its high profits and bifurcated labor force, California modeled capitalist discipline for the nation. Investment capital fled west, rewarding the state’s owners. Between 1979 and 1986, total manufacturing as a share of gross national product stayed nearly flat, but the sector’s composition changed a lot.1 Computers and machinery, electronic and electric equipment, instruments, and aircraft increased their percentage share by double digits, while all other manufacturing categories declined. Primary industries such as metal, oil, coal, and lumber took the biggest hit, along with the offshored cars and textiles.2 This wasn’t deindustrialization; it was Californication.