LEADER 02697nam 2200565 450 001 9910786258903321 005 20230126210128.0 010 $a1-61234-589-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000336741 035 $a(EBL)1126753 035 $a(OCoLC)828792816 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000834090 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12358794 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000834090 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10955124 035 $a(PQKB)11249280 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1126753 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000336741 100 $a20181008d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSand in the gears $ehow public policy has crippled American manufacturing /$fAndrew O. Smith 210 1$aWashington, District of Columbia :$cPotomac Books,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (550 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-61234-588-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 279-286) and index. 327 $aCover 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 330 $aAmerican 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 606 $aIndustrial policy$zUnited States 606 $aIndustries$zUnited States 606 $aLabor policy$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xSocial policy 615 0$aIndustrial policy 615 0$aIndustries 615 0$aLabor policy 676 $a338.47670973 676 $a338.973 700 $aSmith$b Andrew O.$f1962-$01504479 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786258903321 996 $aSand in the gears$93733525 997 $aUNINA