Foxconn Timeline

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction xi
4. Foxconn Timeline xvii
5. Chapter 1 Your Dream House Is Blighted 1
6. Chapter 2 Foxconn Comes to America 8
7. Chapter 3 What Does the Foxconn Say? 16
8. Chapter 4 Who Made That TV? 22
9. Chapter 5 The Land Grab 34
10. Chapter 6 Racine, Poster Child of the Rust Belt 47
11. Chapter 7 Sherrard, Illinois 66
12. Chapter 8 Monkey Business in the Middle 83
13. Chapter 9 Wassily Leontief and Input-Output Economic Impact 91
14. Chapter 10 Flying Eagle Economic Impact 114
15. Chapter 11 A Tea Party for Foxconn 125
16. Chapter 12 A Bright, Shining Object 135
17. Chapter 13 The Problem with Picking Winners 149
18. Chapter 14 An Ill Wind Blows 156
19. Chapter 15 All Politics Are Local 166
20. Chapter 16 The Trouble with TIF 175
21. Chapter 17 Following the Money 192
22. Chapter 18 Foxconn on the Ground 207
23. Chapter 19 Breaking the Cycle 217
24. Postscript: The New Contract 235
25. Acknowledgments 237
26. Notes 241
27. Bibliography 269
28. Index 277