The tale of Tammy Thomas, caught in the downward spiral of Youngstown, Ohio, as its steel mills and factories closed is materially depressing but, strangely, aspirationally inspiring. …. men knowing their place), they never seem to embrace the record-high union membership, the benefits, the pensions, the funding of education and infrastructure and absolutely NOT the wages and job security? Funny, that. ….. Auto plants were making crap cars, everyone knew it. …

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Daily Kos: Book review: George Packer's 'The Unwinding'