a recovery program that has in every provision a ‘buy America’ clause.”

Steel Industry, in Slump, Looks to Federal Stimulus

Dilip Vishwanat for The New York Times
The Granite City Works U.S. Steel mill in Granite City, Ill., cost more than 2,000 people their jobs when it closed.
By LOUIS UCHITELLE
Published: January 1, 2009
The steel industry, having entered the recession in the best of health, is emerging as a leading indicator of what lies ahead. As steel production goes — and it is now in collapse — so will go the national economy.

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