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Boom, Bust, Exodus
- The Rust Belt, the Maquilas, and a Tale of Two Cities
- De: Chad Broughton
- Narrado por: Stephen McLaughlin
- Duración: 15 h y 34 m
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 24
In 2002, the town of Galesburg, a slowly declining Rustbelt city of 33,000 in western Illinois, learned that it would soon lose its largest factory, a Maytag refrigerator plant that had anchored Galesburg's social and economic life for decades. Workers at the plant earned $15.14 an hour, had good insurance, and were assured a solid retirement. In 2004, the plant was relocated to Reynosa, Mexico, where workers sometimes spent 13-hour days assembling refrigerators for $1.10 an hour.
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A Story I thought I Knew
- De Meek84 en 07-08-18
- Boom, Bust, Exodus
- The Rust Belt, the Maquilas, and a Tale of Two Cities
- De: Chad Broughton
- Narrado por: Stephen McLaughlin
A Story I thought I Knew
Revisado: 07-08-18
I thought I knew how this story would go since my husband worked for the Maytag Galesburg Refrigeration Products plant for 20 years and was there at the time of the announcement of the closing. It was interesting to hear about the juxtaposition of the two cities. How as Galesburg floundered, Reynosa expanded but not necessarily in a good way. How the people who thought they would spend their lives making refrigerators reinvented themselves, while life did not become paradise for the Mexican workforce. This book brought back a lot of memories, both good and bad.
Recommend to anyone who wants to know the costs of globalization and international trade.
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