Free Download Behind the Curve: Can Manufacturing Still Provide Inclusive Growth? by Robert Z. LawrenceEnglish | August 27, 2024 | ISBN: 0881327476 | True EPUB | 360 pages | 9.9 MB
Manufacturing jobs, once the backbone of the modern US economy, have declined as a share of GDP over recent decades, darkening opportunities for middle-class advancement. Similar trends have impacted export superpowers like China, Germany, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea. Driven by nostalgia for a bygone era, however, many countries have turned to reshoring and "industrial policies" to revive manufacturing employment.