An excellent account, Adrian, bringing an interesting story of regional industrial decline bang up to date with the democratic deficit and the rise of populism. My dad played a small part in a similar story, beginning at the textile mill in Quorn, a little village in Leicestershire, which has 'executive flats'. My childhood was spent in Asia as he helped set up textile factories in Malaysia, China and beyond. I'm not sure industrial policy was on his mind but perhaps it should have been.
Not sure I can forgive crusty captions like "no pain, no gain," but otherwise, thank you for yet another thought-provoking article.
Hi Richard. Apologies for over-indulgence in fondness for very bad puns! And your experience is right on point... The kind of blind faith that the invisible hand would somehow keep all this going without support seems - in retrospect - pretty misguided.
Great article Adrian. It feels like loss of faith in the invisible hand is what is fueling so much grassroots energy to break the system. Then manipulative leaders like ours in US, are capitalizing on that.
An excellent account, Adrian, bringing an interesting story of regional industrial decline bang up to date with the democratic deficit and the rise of populism. My dad played a small part in a similar story, beginning at the textile mill in Quorn, a little village in Leicestershire, which has 'executive flats'. My childhood was spent in Asia as he helped set up textile factories in Malaysia, China and beyond. I'm not sure industrial policy was on his mind but perhaps it should have been.
Not sure I can forgive crusty captions like "no pain, no gain," but otherwise, thank you for yet another thought-provoking article.
Hi Richard. Apologies for over-indulgence in fondness for very bad puns! And your experience is right on point... The kind of blind faith that the invisible hand would somehow keep all this going without support seems - in retrospect - pretty misguided.
Great article Adrian. It feels like loss of faith in the invisible hand is what is fueling so much grassroots energy to break the system. Then manipulative leaders like ours in US, are capitalizing on that.