LOUIS UCHITELLE
Referring to NAFTA, CAFTA and other international trade agreements
At the time there was great demand for skilled computer programmers and other technical skills. But there was insufficient demand for many of the skills that the American Workforce such as airplane mechanics, or TV Camera people for example.
He was referring to solutions for the layoff problem in American society.
Most people laid off, even through no fault of their own, tend to feel inadequate and perceive that they must have done something wrong because our culture tells us that if you do things right and play by the rules you will have a good job.
Louis Uchitelle is a journalist and author. He worked for The New York Times from 1980–2010, first as an editor in the business news department (1980-1987) and then as a business and economics writer (1987-2010). He was the lead reporter for the series The Downsizing of America, which won a George Polk Award in 1996. He won the Gerald Loeb Award for Feature Writing in 2007 for
