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GE incandescent plant gets Washington Post eulogy

Sept. 8, 2010
The Washington Post has a long article on the closing of GE's last U.S. plant for manufacturing standard incandescent lamps. The writer, Peter Whoriskey, uses it as a jumping-off point for discussing globalization, the shrinking U.S. manufacturing base ...

The Washington Post has a long article on the closing of GE's last U.S. plant for manufacturing standard incandescent lamps. The writer, Peter Whoriskey, uses it as a jumping-off point for discussing globalization, the shrinking U.S. manufacturing base and the unintended consequences of some government policies. Worth the read.