A veteran New York Times economics correspondent reports from
factories nationwide to illustrate the continuing importance of
industry for our country. In the 1950s, manufacturing generated
nearly 30 percent of US income. But over the decades, that share has
gradually declined to less than 12 percent, at the same time that real
estate, finance, and Wall Street trading have grown. While
manufacturing’s share of the US economy shrinks, it expands in
countries such as China and Germany that have a strong industrial
policy. Meanwhile Americans are only vaguely aware of the many
consequences—including a decline in their self-image as inventive,
practical, and effective people—of the loss of that industrial base.
Reporting from places where things were and sometimes still are
“Made in the USA”—New York, New York; Boston; Detroit; Fort
Wayne and Indianapolis, Indiana; Los Angeles; Midland, Michigan;
Milwaukee; Philadelphia; St. Louis; and Washington, DC—Louis
Uchitelle argues that the government has a crucial role to play in
making domestic manufacturing possible. If the Department of Defense
subsidizes the manufacture of weapons and war materiel, why
shouldn’t the government support the industrial base that powers our
economy? Combining brilliant reportage with an incisive economic
and political argument, Making It tells the overlooked story of
manufacturing’s still-vital role in the United States and how it
might expand. “Compelling . . . demonstrates the intimate
connection between good work and national well-being . . .
economics with a heart.” —Mike Rose, author of The Mind at Work
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ISBN
9781620971017
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
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The New Press (ORIM)
Språk
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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