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America the Gutted

"America the Gutted" focuses on the corporate relocation of decent jobs to various places in Asia, and the subsequent undermining of the American middle class. It is a GlobalPost collection of videos and articles specifically examining outsourcing within the denim and structural steel manufacturing industries of North Carolina and the U.S. northwest, and the social and economic effects of such manufacturing losses on local populations. Considers...

Keywords:: jobs, globalization, unemployment, deindustrialization, middle class

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Business / Corporate Social Responsibility

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Material Type:: Collection
Date Added to MERLOT:: February 11, 2013
Date Modified in MERLOT:: March 21, 2020
Author:: GlobalPost
Submitter:: michael miller

Primary Audience:: High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division
Technical Format:: Website
Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Languages:: Eastern Frisian, English
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