By Timothy Aeppel (Reuters) - A surge of factory building fueled by Biden administration investments in "strategic sectors" such as clean energy and semiconductors has so far flowed disproportionately to U.S. counties with relatively distressed eco.
Anyone looking around Oshkosh s
cavernous fire truck factory in Appleton, Wisconsin, for
evidence of the longest U.S. manufacturing slump in two decades
could be forgiven for coming away scratching.
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The U.S. must change how it measures the well-being of its people - including gauging how much of a voice they feel they have in political outcomes - as part of a larger effort to reverse rising inequality across the economy. There is growing concern about a contradiction in the U.S. economy: jobs are plentiful and economic growth is strong, especially compared with other advanced economies, but surveys show many Americans are sour about the outlook. "We're close to full employment by traditional measures," said Matthew Slaughter, a member of the commission that wrote the report and the dean of Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business.