Foxconned - Imaginary Jobs, Bulldozed Homes, and the Sacking of Local Government

"In 2018, the Republican-led State of Wisconsin signed a economic-development deal with Foxconn, the China-based electronics manufacturer, nominally securing 13,000 jobs. Yet as journalist Lawrence Tabak powerfully shows, the deal is a disaster in every dimension: economic, political, cultural, legal, and environmental. Disfranchising American citizens of power, money, and land, the Foxconn deal demonstrates all the ways that the pursuit of jobs can ruin American communities nationwide. Tabak demonstrates that such packages of incentives cannot make economic sense on this scale. Subsequently, the proposed size of the plant has shrunk and grown and shrunk again, and its purported function has changed repeatedly. It's possible most of Foxconn's plans will turn out to be mirage. Yet the story of the dealmaking is complete, and its impacts on Wisconsin and its people will be permanent"--

About the author

Lawrence Tabak is a journalist whose work has appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, American Prospect, Salon, Forbes, and the Atlantic. He is based in Madison, Wisconsin.

Summary

Powerful and resonant, Foxconned is both the definitive autopsy of the Foxconn fiasco and a dire warning to communities and states nationwide.

Product details

• Authors: Lawrence Tabak, Tabak Lawrence
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9780226740652
• ISBN: 978-0-226-74065-2
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; USA, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate & Business History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, economic growth, United States of America, USA, History of specific companies / corporate history, Public ownership / nationalization