#industrial-decline tag

I haven't mellowed my violence': Park Chan-wook on cultural dominance, the capitalist endgame and why we can't beat AI

No Other Choice satirizes capitalism, portraying modern South Korea as industrially declining—downsizing, unemployment and male fragility—exacerbated by AI and precarious entertainment industries.

Film

fromSlate Magazine

2 weeks ago

Some of This Year's Most Urgent, Timely Movies Were ... Remakes

Park Chan-wook's No Other Choice embodies 2025 with its violent, zeitgeisty blend of action, comedy, tragedy, and a devastating focus on job loss and industrial decline.

Germany news

fromThe Local Germany

1 month ago

German economy in 'deepest crisis' in 80 years, says industry group

Germany's economy is in a deep, structural downturn requiring urgent government action to restore competitiveness, boost industrial production, and reverse multi-year decline.

History

fromBusiness Insider

1 month ago

Vintage photos show what life in small-town America was like 100 years ago

Early-1900s American small towns thrived with local manufacturing and tight communities but declined mid-century as industries left, becoming tourist sites or ghost towns.

fromwww.theguardian.com

2 months ago

Do populists always crash the economy?

Cambio, cambio. Under the blazing sun, dozens of money changers are hawking US dollars along Florida Street, a bustling pedestrian strip in Buenos Aires. Known as arbolitos (little trees), they are thriving ahead of the 26 October midterm elections in a country long used to saving in the greenback. The best time to buy is now, says one arbolito, declining to give her name. [The dollar] went down a little but it is a fake-out it'll rise again.

World news

US politics

fromtime.com

8 months ago

Domestic Manufacturing Isn't the Key to Creating Good Paying Jobs

Tariffs alone cannot restore U.S. industry; a deeper understanding of industrial decline is necessary for effective policy.