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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. It is also clear from the dorma...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, Andrew O., 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books Inc., 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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