manufacturing | manufacturing
Dec.23.2012
The Atlantic, December 2012
Much talk transpired in the just-over election here in the U.S. about jobs, and James Fallows and Charles Fishman take up the post-election slack in this issue. Manufacturing jobs are returning to the U.S. for a handful of reasons, say these two....
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Jan.11.2011
I looked at my salad and saw dirt-stained hands planting, tending, picking, sorting and selling lettuce and herbs. Dirt scuffed under heavy boots, along long dark rows of disked soil. The air was pungent with bruised plants and dampness.
I heard low murmured voices talking about the weather,...
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Dec.14.2008
I don't know why I thought that outsourcing would skip the world of ideas, but apparently American editorial services and reportage are about to go the way of the U.S. manufacturing and auto industries. Out the window. It's an open secret that U.S. publishers and newspapers have been between a rock...
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