02697nam 2200565 450 991082263130332120230126210128.01-61234-589-1(CKB)2670000000336741(EBL)1126753(OCoLC)828792816(SSID)ssj0000834090(PQKBManifestationID)12358794(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000834090(PQKBWorkID)10955124(PQKB)11249280(MiAaPQ)EBC1126753(EXLCZ)99267000000033674120181008d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSand in the gears how public policy has crippled American manufacturing /Andrew O. SmithWashington, District of Columbia :Potomac Books,[2013]©20131 online resource (550 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61234-588-3 Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-286) and index.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 AuthorAmerican 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 Industrial policyUnited StatesIndustriesUnited StatesLabor policyUnited StatesUnited StatesSocial policyIndustrial policyIndustriesLabor policy338.47670973338.973Smith Andrew O.1962-1704881MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822631303321Sand in the gears4091154UNINA