Of Human Tragedy & Economic Disaster

Of Human Tragedy & Economic Disaster

This book is about job loss, plant closings, and community decline, or what the authors call “wide- spread, systematic disinvestment in the nation’s basic productive capacity.” They describe the various forms such disinvestment takes, assess its impact, analyze the forces behind it, and examine policy options to confront the problem.

Most of us can recite the names of industrial giants that no longer exist, such as Youngstown Sheet and...