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

• Autore: Smith Andrew O. <1962->
• Pubblicazione: Washington, District of Columbia : , : Potomac Books, , [2013]; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (550 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.47670973; 338.973
• Soggetto topico: Industrial policy - United States; Industries - United States; Labor policy - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Social policy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-286) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Sand in the gears
• ISBN: 1-61234-589-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822631303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II