Wharton's Peter Cappelli and Iwan Barankay and UC San Diego's Gordon Hanson discuss the decline in U.S. manufacturing.

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This segment of “In the Workplace,” hosted by Peter Cappelli and Dan O’Meara, originally aired February 23 on Wharton Business Radio on SiriusXM channel 111.

Wharton management professor Peter Cappelli discusses the decline of manufacturing jobs in the United States and its subsequent impact on seemingly non-related aspects of society and everyday life with Wharton management professor Iwan Barankay and Gordon Hanson, acting dean and director of the Center on Global Transformation at the University of California-San Diego.

“In the Workplace” airs live on Thursdays from 5-7 p.m. EST.

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