March 17, 2009

Manufacturing work disappearing

In January, two-hundred-seven thousand U.S. manufacturing jobs vanished in the largest one-month drop since October 1982. Factory activity is hovering at a 28-year low. Join host Ben Merens and his guest Josh Whitford, the author of "The New Old Economy: Networks, Institutions and the Organizational Transformation of American Manufacturing." From 03/11/09. Listen here.