Manufacturing Isnât Coming Back. Letâs Improve These Jobs Instead.
Health care workers are crucial to our society, yet we reward them with low wages and dangerous conditions.
By Gabriel Winant
Dr. Winant is the author of âThe Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America.â
March 17, 2021
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In Congress and the White House, policymakers are developing a bill that is expected to pour trillions into updating American transit, energy and utility systems. Repairs are certainly necessary, and itâs impossible to overstate the urgency of such a program in terms of the transition to a more sustainable economy.