To come to this conclusion, the book’s authorsFred Zimmerman and Dave Bealexamined trends in all U.S. counties from 1977 to 1999. They then examined 704 counties more closely. That number was screened down to 232 counties that have significant concentrations of manufacturing.
The authors ultimately found that in counties where manufacturing was performing well, local economies were also doing well. However, where manufacturing trends were unfavorable, the local economies were not doing as well. They also discovered that economic success someArial comes with the presence of well-managed companies.