Upcoming Topics

Urban Policy in the Rust Belt

Infrastructure Policy in the Rust Belt

Construction Workforce in the Rust Belt

Manufacturing Workforce in the Rust Belt

Mama Don't let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Manufacturing Workers? 

Rust Belt Cities - Single Party Government

Will Air Conditioning Destroy the Rust Belt?

Trade Policy - Selling Out the Rust Belt?

.... and many more

Toledo tries......

http://www.toledoblade.com/Featured-Editorial-Home/2016/05/08/Progressive-and-possible.html

(c) 2016 The Blade Company

The Down Side of Manufacturing in the U.S.

From Forbes, (c) 2016

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkiley5/2016/05/10/why-u-s-manufacturing-workers-are-on-food-stamps-and-medicaid

Decades of efforts to depress blue collar wages have paid off, for the 1% anyway.

We will address this in detail in the near future.