Los Angeles Times, May 15, 2011 by Don Lee
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-manufacturing-revival-20110515,0,1973190,full.story
It used to be that almost anyone willing to work hard could get ahead. Now, that doesn’t seem so certain. “The social contract was ripped in pieces, rendered ineffective by unforeseen forces such as globalization,” said former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who teaches at UC Berkeley’s law and public policy schools. “It needs to be rewritten for the 21st century.”