[Smlr_net] Small Factories Emerge as a Weapon in the Fight Against Poverty

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Title: Small Factories Emerge as a Weapon in the Fight Against Poverty Author: Nelson Schwartz Source: NY Times

*Date:* Oct 28, 2016 Summary: “The closing of factories has taken the rungs out of the ladder for reaching the middle class in urban areas,” said Robert A. Johnson, a former hedge fund investor who is now president of the Institute for New Economic Thinking, a liberal research group. Many service jobs do not pay as well, nor do they offer the same opportunities for advancement.

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