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Sand in the Gears
Andrew O. Smith
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Description for Sand in the Gears
In Sand in the Gears, Andrew Smith argues that the US lost manufacturing not to forces beyond its control, such as globalisation and cheaper labour overseas, but as the result of misguided policies that are well within its abilities to reform for the benefit of manufacturing. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 tables; 4 figures; notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; KND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 624.
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 in 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?
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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 in 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 Smith argues that we lost our manufacturing not to forces beyond ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Dulles, United States
ISBN
9781612345888
SKU
V9781612345888
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99-11
About Andrew O. Smith
ANDREW O. SMITH is a manufacturing executive and former consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton with a long-standing interest in economic policy. As chief operating officer of the Yenkin-Majestic Paint Corporation, one of the largest independent paint companies in the United States, he has firsthand experience running a diverse chemical manufacturing company. Smith earned an engineering degree from the School of ... Read more
Reviews for Sand in the Gears
"Sand in the Gears brilliantly captures how government policies have been destroying manufacturing jobs for more than three decades and makes a clear case for what people really need from their elected leaders. Andrew O. Smith’s proposals for a 'New Social Compact' are sweeping, audacious, and smart. This book should set the terms of debate for how to put America ... Read more