Deindustrialization has become a global challenge related to governance, and linked to social unrest and economic chaos in parts of the world. Over the past two to three decades, almost all developed ...

The Economic Issues series aims to make available to a broad readership of nonspecialists some of the economic research being produced in the International Monetary Fund on topical issues. The raw ...

This piece originally appeared on BillMoyers.com. Every four years, the white working class gets a fresh round of attention from candidates and the media. At campaign stops in Rust Belt cities, ...

The declining importance of manufacturing in rich societies is associated with deep concerns, but also with the hope of opening up new opportunities for economic development. As a result, predictions ...

The economies of the United States and other rich countries — Japan, France, Canada, Switzerland — are often characterized as "post-industrial," meaning they’re developed to the point that most of ...

The chief executive of chemical giant BASF sees no signs of deindustrialization in Germany despite the country's ongoing economic difficulties. "Industry in Germany will not disappear," Markus Kamieth ...

It is an old-standing diagnosis: ever since the late 1970s, the industrial production of goods in affluent countries has been regarded as a discontinued model. According to strong versions of the ...

The specter of deindustrialization has been haunting German political discourse since the late 2010s. Across the political spectrum, the supposedly imminent demise of German industry has largely been ...