Sticking Pittsburgh With the G-20 Sep 22, 2009
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East Germany Still Lags Behind the West Sep 1, 2009
"After an almost complete deindustrialization, it has been possible to achieve significant industrial growth," Zimmerman said, adding: "Measured by the economic substance that was here 20 years ago, the glass is not half full or half empty, but at least two-thirds full.". The East's Brain Drain. (BusinessWeek)
Africa: Emerging Economies Hold Promise for Continent [analysis] Aug 11, 2009
African manufacturing has often felt the adverse impact of such trade, and there are fears over the "deindustrialization" of the textile industry, for example. But consumers have clearly benefited from the low-priced and easily available goods, ranging from sandals to trucks, which have flooded African shops and markets. (allAfrica.com)
Who'd Want To Be Mayor of This Miserable Place? Aug 4, 2009
And while you're at it, could you please do something about deindustrialization. A Dayne Walling campaign office located in a defunct ice cream shopWhile Flint may be emblematic of the problems facing the country's manufacturing base, so-called "Vehicle City" is unique in the magnitude of its decline. (Slate)
Congressman Kirk and GOP Jul 12, 2009
An American electorate watching national unemployment creep to the double-digit level already prevailing in California is not interested in alarmism leading to unilateral deindustrialization which is the certain result of the Obama-Pelosi-Waxman proposals on climate change which passed the House this month. The developing powers delivered a blunt "no thank you" to the president in Italy, and now the Illinois Republican party is sending a similar message to every Republican in every state though... (Townhall.com)
China prepares for next surge Apr 3, 2009
Building on Braudel and Marx, Arrighi observes that the US sequence of deindustrialization and financial expansion since the 1970s, culminating in the crash of 2007-09, is characteristic of the autumn of hegemonic systems. Analyzing five centuries of the geopolitics of capitalism and empire, Arrighi highlights the recurrent pattern of financialization giving rise to a period of chaos and the emergence of a new hegemon. (Asia Times Online)
Chomsky to speak on immigration at Medford's UU Church Mar 13, 2009
Since the 1960s, Chomsky said the trend in U.S. labor is a deindustrialization, where industrial labor is outsourced to cheaper markets, leaving behind more white-collar jobs. This is producing a huge demand for cheap exploited labor, said Chomsky. (Medford Transcript, MA)
