The Moral Decay of the Working Class
Pipefitter, Mike Turner, who was recently hired by Cool-Breeze Air Conditioning, works on installing an air conditioner in a hotel on January 6, 2012 in Miami Beach, Florida (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)
Left-of-center economist Dean Baker questions it thus:
Five years ago we had two million more people employed in manufacturing than we do today. Has the social fabric become so depleted in this period that these people or others could now not fill these jobs if they came back?
About the Author
David Frum
David Frum is a contributing editor at Newsweek and The Daily Beast and a CNN contributor. He is the author of eight books, including most recently the e-book WHY ROMNEY LOST and his first novel Patriots, published in April 2012.
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