Building a Resilient Twenty-First-Century Economy for Rural America, Albrecht Don E.

Trumps promises to restore rural industrial jobs simply cannot be fulfilled because his policies do not address the base cause for this job loss--technological change, the most significant factor being the machine replacement of human labor in the production process. Bringing a personal understanding of the effects on rural communities and residents, Albrecht focuses each chapter on a community that has traditionally been economically dependent on a single industry--manufacturing, coal mining, agriculture, logging, oil and gas production, and tourism--and the consequences of losing that industry. He also lays out a plan for rebuilding Americas rural areas and creating an economically vibrant country with a more sustainable future.