Author: Andrew O. Smith
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Sand in the Gears: How Public Policy Has Crippled American Manufacturing
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.Sand in the Gears review. 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 our control, such as globalization and cheaper labor overseas, but as the result of misguided policies that are well within our abilities to reform for the benefit of manufacturing. Examining six areas of public policy—the tax system, health care, the legal system, workers’ compensation, government regulations, and labor policy—Smith demonstrates that in each of these areas, the current policy choices have created a hostile environment for manufacturing. Grounding his arguments not in polemic or ideology but in historical analysis and current research, Smith illustrates his points with real-world examples to show how a “new social compact” can fix the problems that manufacturers face without sacrificing public policy goalsRead full reviews of Sand In The Gears Ebook.
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Potomac Books Inc 9781612345888 Sand in the Gears By Smith, Andrew O. Description *Author: Smith, Andrew O. *Subtitle: How Public Policy Has Crippled American Manufacturing *Publication Date: 2013/02/28 *Number of Pages: 297 *Binding Type: Hardcover *Language: English *Depth: 1.25 *Width: 6.25 *Height: 9.25 SKU: UBM9781612345888 Payment We accept payment via PayPal, Mastercard, Visa, American Express, Discover and PayPals Bill Me Later. Note: All purchases are processed via PayPal. If you
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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 our control, such as globalization and cheaper labor overseas, but as the result of misguided policies that are well within our abilities to reform for the benefit of manufacturing. Examining six areas of public policy—the tax system, health care, the legal system, workers’ compensation, government regulations, and labor policy—Smith demonstrates that in each of these areas, the current policy choices have created a hostile environment for manufacturing. Grounding his arguments not in polemic or ideology but in historical analysis and current research, Smith illustrates his points with real-world examples to show how a “new social compact” can fix the problems that manufacturers face without sacrificing public policy goals.
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