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Re:How does the economy work? A new Fed paper suggests nobod... by naasking on Sunday October 03, 2021 @10:27AM (#28737414)
The middle class in cities is probably doing fine. Rural areas not so much, and that's where the manufacturing base was gutted. Offshoring has had a large negative impact there and also made our supply chains more fragile as we found out during COVID. These facts are a big reason why Trump's anti-China message really resonated in those areas.
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Re:How does the economy work? A new Fed paper suggests nobod... by notfromhere on Sunday October 03, 2021 @12:55PM (#28738576)
Cities had pretty substantial manufacturing bases before deindustrialization.

Middle class in cities is shrinking, and most American cities of any notable size are split between knowledge workers and a service worker underclass. That’s why so many American cities are split between very nice neighborhoods aNd those that resemble 80s Detroit.

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