Maybe not the Dark Age that Jane Jacobs suggests in her final book. Maybe the decline and fall of the Roman Empire is not an apt comparison. Maybe it will be more like the decline and fall of the British Empire. Or the breakup of the Soviet Union. Maybe only partial collapse, failure of some systems, here and there.

Is the era of labor-intensive capitalism over in the U.S. and Europe?

You can trace the demise of the factory to decisions made in the 1950s. The actual dismantling of American industry began in the 1970s. By 1982, the process was so advanced that we spoke of the industrial heartland as the “rust belt.”

The remaining labor-intensive parts of American industry were taken apart and exported during the globalization of the 1980sSCHEDULE OF EVENTS

November 16, 2019 – Milwaukee County War Memorial

0900 – Displays and Performances (Check back for a schedule of performances)

1030 – Memorial Service

1100 – Honor Walk – Let our veterans know how much you appreciate them as they parade from the War Memorial over the Mason Street Bridge to Prospect Avenue.

1200 – Veterans Motorcade – Leaves the War Memorial to take our veterans to a reception at Potawatomi Hotel and Casino. Cheer for our veterans along the motorcade route.