When the machine stopped
by Max Holland · first published 1989
3mentions
2recommended by
3HN commenters
2011–2025first – last mentioned
67% recommend33% neutral
Affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
…lot of trouble over the last century. For a really interesting analysis of the decline of a machine-tool manufacturing company (the most thorough discussion of the issues I know of) see Max Holland's When the Machine Stopped, about the decline and collapse of Burgmaster, a mid-century "start-up" by an inventor.
on “Google Denies Requests To Remove Videos of Police Brutality” ↗Book recommendation: When the Machine Stopped, by Max Holland
on “The Decline of the U.S. Machine-Tool Industry and Prospects for Recovery (1994)” ↗…formative years. Made me pretty depressed about how management/markets can target false equilibrium points. Markets do not drive efficiency. At least not if chasing quarterly profits drives bad decisions. "When the machine stopped: A cautionary tale from industrial America" https://www.amazon.com/When-machine-stopped-cautionary-indus... Note: referenced in the OPs original article
on “What happened to the US machine tool industry?” ↗