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The Labor Roots of Baltimore's Anguish

Posted On: May 01, 2015

May 1, 2015 | OPINION | washingtonpost.com … Since at least the 1970s, the economy’s invisible hand has been diligently stripping tens of thousands of blue-collar jobs from what was once a bustling workshop where steel, cars and planes were made. Baltimore has tried to do its best in a post-industrial economy, but when work disappears, the results can be catastrophic…at a moment when the debate over the president’s push for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal is one of Washington’s central battles, Baltimore is Exhibit A for why there is such frustration over how the costs of globalization and technological change have been borne almost entirely by the least advantaged people in our society. Full story...