Deindustrialization.

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  • Author(s): Doyle, Rodger
  • Source:
    Scientific American. May2002, Vol. 286 Issue 5, p30. 1p. 1 Chart, 1 Graph.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      DEINDUSTRIALIZATION; UNITED States manufacturing industries; INDUSTRIES
    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED States
    • Abstract:
      Focuses on the decline in manufacturing in the U.S. Loss of industrial manufacturing jobs in the Northeast and Midwest between 1967 and 2001; Argument that competition from low-wage labor in developing countries is the cause of deindustrialization; Theory that deindustrialization is a natural consequence of economic progress in all developed economies. INSET: NEED TO KNOW: WORK SHIFT.