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Economic Ripple Effects: Job Loss and Tax Base Decline
Trace how a major factory closing causes local restaurants, stores, and city tax revenues for schools and parks to decline.
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Causes and Impacts of Deindustrialization
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Understand why manufacturing declined and evaluate the economic, physical, and social impacts of factory closures on local communities.
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