Scenarios about 'deindustrialization'
The process of social and economic change caused by the reduction or removal of industrial capacity in a region or country. Deindustrialization often occurs when manufacturing sectors decline due to automation, globalization, or shifting economic priorities, resulting in job losses, economic restructuring, and changes to community identities. In alternate history scenarios, different patterns of deindustrialization can dramatically alter national power dynamics, labor movements, and technological development paths.
What If Pittsburgh Had Reinvented Its Steel Industry Instead of Pivoting to Tech and Healthcare?
Exploring how Pittsburgh might have developed if it had modernized and transformed its steel and manufacturing base in the 1980s rather than transitioning primarily to a knowledge economy.