What if things were Made in America again?
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What if things were Made in America again?
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“Your smart phone was made in a labor camp, your clothes were made in a sweatshop, and your fish were caught on a slave ship.” So James Stuber tells us in the introduction to this timely book. Stuber invites us to follow him on the journey to learn “what is really going on” with trade, globalization, and the U.S. and world economies. We go to some surprising places. To Reynosa, Mexico, and Flint, Michigan, after Delco sent its production to the former from the latter: “And so, there we have it, Stuber says, “Under NAFTA, we send Flint’s jobs to Reynosa, creating demand for drugs in Flint, demand that is filled by gangs in Reynosa. We have “employed” workers living in shanty towns in Reynosa, and jobless workers living in slums in Flint, and drug wars going on among suppliers in Reynosa and distributors in Flint.” To the Chinese “factory labor camp” making smart phones, with nets to prevent more workers from committing suicide by jumping off the roof. To the Illinois steel mill, dealing with the suicide of one of its workers, because the mill was shut down when China started dumping its overproduction of steel on the U.S. market. We are caught up in the “Big Squeeze” of the global low-price, low wage economy, with every nation, including the U.S., competing to win over transnational companies shopping the world for low wages and subsidies. And the future looks even worse, as white-collar and professional jobs are being swept offshore along with manufacturing. Made in USA
- Hard Copy of James Stuber’s What if things were Made in America Again
Barrett V. –
A must read.
Where consumer, commercial, industrial, and military goods are manufactured is about so much more than what country name is stamped on the packaging. The mass exodus of manufacturing out of the United States and Europe has far reaching consequences beyond job loss. I recommend everyone read this book, then pass it on to someone else. It’s a shorter read than it looks. The text is relatively large, lots of space between lines, and many pages are just citations and charts/graphs. Additionally, it’s well written in simple language that anyone with a middle school education can understand. At parts where the author is throwing a lot of numbers at you, I feel you can skip them if they seem a bit daunting or boring and still get the bigger picture.
Linda –
This book truly is a must read for everyone, not just Americans. It is eye opening to see how much damage our desire for cheap products has caused in job loss, quality of life, and the continued global slavery of many peoples. This book is a quick and easy read, with loads of researched and documented information. I have been searching more and more for American made products and finding out that there are many more companies out there than I would have imagined. It is entirely possible to Buy American. Thank you, Sherrill Manufacturing, for being part of the change, and keeping your manufacturing in the US. And thank you for introducing me to this book.