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How Brazil Coaxed Foxconn to Set Up Shop Near Sao Paulo
August 11, 2012 2 min. read

In the 1980s, Japanese carmakers began to move production to the United States. Today, they — along with German and South Korean makers — account for more than 40% of the autos made in the United States. The move begs a question, taken up by a recent New York Times article: Could consumer electronics makers […]

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Industrial Police to Police Industrial Policy?
October 13, 2010 3 min. read

Earlier this year the government began to formulate plans to set up a separate police force to monitor the  four separate industrial zones in Bangladesh.  The plan was put into play this month with somber fanfare. The Industrial police force, (an unfortunately titled cadre of security officers; one imagines police officers kitted out in metallic […]

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