美国钢铁业的故事是关于经济学家约瑟夫·熊彼特（Joseph Schumpeter）所谓的“创造性破坏 ” （ “creative destruction ” ） 的重要例子。 长期经济增长并不仅仅是现有工厂产出增加，也意味着就业结构的调整。
The story of US steel illustrates an important lesson about what the economist Joseph Schumpeter called “creative destruction”: Long-run economic growth involves more than just increasing output in existing factories; it is also implies structural changes in employment.