Sand in the gears : how public policy has crippled American manufacturing / Andrew O. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Andrew O., 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial policy--United States.

Industrial policy.

Industries--United States.

Industries.

Labor policy--United States.

Labor policy.

United States--Social policy.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (550 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Potomac Books, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

American manufacturing has been on the decline for at least two generations. That fact is plain to any observer who travels through the Rust Belt of the Midwest, where the closing of steel plants and automobile factories has created ghost towns that dot the landscape. It is also clear from the dormant New England textile mills, whose owners surrendered their production first to cheaper mills in the Southeast before they, in turn, lost out to Asian labor. What caused this calamity, and what can be done about it?. Andrew O. Smith argues that we lost our manufacturing not simply to forces beyond

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Prologue: Yankee Ingenuity; 1 Manufacturing; 2 Taxes: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly; 3 Health Care, Heal Thyself; 4 Law Hurts; 5 The Cost of Justice; 6 Workers' Compensation; 7 The Regulatory Environment; 8 Unions; 9 A New Social Compact; 10 Making It Happen; 11 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-286) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61234-589-1

OCLC:

828792816