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Work In the 21st Century
Workers are again pushed and pulled to new jobs in new places…
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Why do jobs leave Michigan?
• Goods (like automobiles) are being produced elsewhere.
•These goods are selling well in the United States and worldwide.
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• Avoid rules about work, set by unions• Avoid taxes and rules about work and
pollution, set by the government• Want people around the world to buy cars
– Don’t want to ship cars around the world– And want people to have jobs so they can buy
cars– So move factories closer to these new markets
Why produce elsewhere?
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GlobalizationGlobal competition
• For products: Americans import better or cheaper products from other countries
• For jobs: Outsourcing of jobs to countries where work rules are more flexible & labor is cheaper
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Rust Belt to Sun Belt Migration
• Outsourcing of jobs to areas where labor is cheaper and more flexible
• Jobs are moving so people are moving
Image Source: The Growth and Distribution of American Cities:1790 to 2000. U.S. Census Bureau. Available via http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/maps_1790to2000.html
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Rust Belt to Sun Belt Migration
Image Source: The Growth and Distribution of American Cities:1790 to 2000. U.S. Census Bureau. Available via http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/maps_1790to2000.html