A big theme in this election year is that other countries are swindling, out-negotiating, under-bidding, and generally beating the United States in the race for better jobs and companies. With a tougher stance, at least according to one candidate, the U.S. will be back in command.On our return trip to tiny Eastport, Maine, whose scheme for survival I’d described in “The Little Town That Might” in 2014, my wife Deb and I were reminded of how surprisingly dense and unpredictable the tendrils of the global economy really are. We were also reminded how success in dealing with them requires a …read more
Source: The Atlantic
