Janesville, Wisconsin was home to a General Motors assembly plant for close to a century before it closed during the 2008 recession. The book Janesville describes the impact of the plant closing on the community over the following five years.
Goldstein makes the wise decision to focus on a dozen or so personal stories rather than presenting statistics. It makes for a more compelling narrative and allows the reader to apply his or her own theories to the situation. Goldstein manages to stay fairly even-handed about the political divide.
Goldstein's major policy-type conclusion is that job re-training programs are not effective. In fact, none of the initiatives that the community undertakes are effective across the board: the division between winners and losers and between political viewpoints feels inevitable.
Goldstein makes the wise decision to focus on a dozen or so personal stories rather than presenting statistics. It makes for a more compelling narrative and allows the reader to apply his or her own theories to the situation. Goldstein manages to stay fairly even-handed about the political divide.
Goldstein's major policy-type conclusion is that job re-training programs are not effective. In fact, none of the initiatives that the community undertakes are effective across the board: the division between winners and losers and between political viewpoints feels inevitable.
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