Table of Contents
Prologue xi
1 Winston-Salem, 1943: "I'm with Them" 1
2 McMinnville, 1978: The Clear-Cut American Dream 9
3 Ohio, 2006: This Is Not Your Life 23
4 Southern California, 2013: The jobs Are Not Coming Back 39
5 Winston-Salem, 2013: Working Harder, Falling Behind 57
6 Winston-Salem to Queens, 1960: Torching the Blockades 71
7 Aggregate Consequences: A Story in Numbers 89
8 Chicago, 2011: Forward Progress, Lost 115
9 Washington, D.C., 2016: A Lie Is Sold 133
10 Manhattan, 2016: The Whole Chessboard 153
11 Building the Riches of This Land: How to Get the Middle Class Back on Track 177
12 Winston-Salem, 2019: "How Did We Steal Something You Threw Away?" 183
13 SoHo, 2019: Uncommon Capability 199
14 Turners Falls, 2019: Silent Factories, Empty Orchards 213
15 Washington, D.C., 2007-2019: No Quick Fixes, Ever 233
16 Green Family Home, 2019: Eventually, You Get More Time 255
Epilogue 261
Acknowledgments 263
Bibliographic Essay 267
Index 285