Justin Lahart covered recent findings from David Autor et al. for the Wall Street Journal. Their research finds that places in the US which were hit hardest by the “China Shock,” primarily manufacturing communities in the Southeast and Midwest, have bounced back economically, but the individual people whose jobs were affected have not.
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WSJ: Manufacturing Towns Hit by the ‘China Shock’ Bounced Back. The Workers Didn’t.
Feb 3, 2025