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In this episode, will and Rust Belt Kid discuss the history of the American industrial economy, with a focus on the men, companies, and cities that built the Rust Belt. They discuss America’s rise as an industrial power, the political and economic winds that cemented us as the leading industrial power, and how we fell thanks to globalization and regulation. They discuss what made the Rust Belt fall from glory, why things went so poorly in it, and how it could potentially be fixed, with a focus on the main problems holding it back from recovering.
Find Rust Belt Kid on X here: https://x.com/rustbeltkid1
Read Will’s thoughts on tariffs and the industrial economy here: https://www.theamericantribune.news/p/why-free-trade-is-a-one-sided-suicide
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