Midwest States Playing to Their Strengths

摘要

New economy companies make a good fit for traditional maniac to ring base. The Midwest has absorbed the greatest impact of the loss of nearly 5.4 million manufacturing jobs since 2000. Workers who for decades found gainful employment in manufacturing industries, most notably in the automotive sector, find themselves out of jobs, and states find that they have more than their share of idle factories and a substantial loss in their tax bases.