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The Offshoring and Deindustrialization Era defined U.S. economic policy from 1979 to 2001, reshaping global commerce and local economies alike. A critical milestone during this period was China’s entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001, which accelerated the United States’ transition from a production-based economy to a consumption-driven m
... See moreGirard Newkirk • Pigs Get Fat, Hogs Get Slaughtered: The Consumption Over Production Model in Our Neighborhoods
“Look,” said Tyrena. “In twentieth-century Old Earth, a fast food chain took dead cow meat, fried it in grease, added carcinogens, wrapped it in petroleum-based foam, and sold nine hundred billion units. Human beings. Go figure.”
- Hyperion by Dan Simmons
