This is an interesting Minneapolis Fed article I found about the Rust Belt economy, and the fall of US manufacturing. With so much anti-globalism going around, this article clarifies a lot about the Rust Belt perspective. It also does a lot to explain the deterioration of the Rust Belt manufacturing economy. It did a lot to reduce my anxiety that people elected Trump because of hate, when this bleak picture is the reality that they were living. I am not saying that Trump's rhetoric is admissible, nor am I saying that I understand the supporters of his who supported him because of his racism, but this helps answer the giant "Why/How" that many of us have had on our minds since November 8th.
https://www.minneapolisfed.org/research/economic-policy-papers/competition-and-the-decline-of-the-rust-belt
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