Farah Stockman is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and member of the New York Times editorial board.
She’s also the author of the great book American Made: What Happens to People When Work Disappears.
Her book chronicles the closure and relocation to Mexico of a Rexnord bearing plant in Indianapolis in the wake of the 2016 presidential election. It focuses particularly on the lives of three workers in the plant. American Made is a detailed a moving portrait of the reality of industrial life in the 21st century American Heartland.
She joins me on the podcast to discuss this important book. Click the “Transcript” button on the web page to read the transcript.
FARAH STOCKMAN: What Happens to People When Work Disappears