Op-Ed: Oat gone – When local blame misses the bigger economic picture

Danville, Ill., has seen better days. Quaker Oats, one of the area’s largest employers and a fixture of the region for 55 years, announced in April that it will be closing in June, leaving more than 500 workers jobless. In a part of th...

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