Jobs in that industry are going here too. The decline in the
automobile industry was happening even before with soaring petrol costs.
The American banks have slyly sold on a lot of their debts to
international banks, including Australia, which has greater
regulation so there's fury here. I am
it is not just the manufacturing jobs that are disappearing, it is all
the jobs that we do not associate with the auto industry: accounting
firms, advertising firms, legal firms, parts providers, restaurants
built near offices etc...etc...etc...
almost everything in Detroit touches some aspe
Just very briefly Kent, right now it seems as if there is a burgeoning
political consensus to try to ensure that the carmakers don't go bust,
as they seem on the brink of doing. Especially GM.
What they politicians will do, isn't clear. But it's going to cost!
Still, whatever happens - I suspect
As it relates to music, all but the most successful musicians in
Detroit have day jobs, and if the economy gets any worse, they're
going to have to leave to survive ...
I wouldn't say so, all the UK major cities have industries that have
crashed and now disappeared. Sheffield, Bradford, Manche
