1 September 2017

Building more factories won’t help American workers. Reforming wages and health care will

Dr Elizabeth Ingleson
Honorary Associate, United States Studies Centre

President Donald Trump's “return” to manufacturing is eroding US health, schooling and social support structures, according to Elizabeth Ingleson in her column in The Washington Post's 'Made By History' section.

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Dr Elizabeth Ingleson
Honorary Associate, United States Studies Centre
Elizabeth Ingleson is a postdoctoral fellow at Southern Methodist University’s Center for Presidential History. Previously she was an honorary associate at the United States Studies Centre and has taught US foreign policy to USSC students and American history at the University of Sydney’s history department. She was awarded her PhD in American history from the University of Sydney in 2017. In 2015-16, she was a recipient of the National Fellowship at the University of Virginia's Miller Center.

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