Odd Lots: How a US City Can Become a Manufacturing Hub (Podcast)

Allentown, a city in Pennsylvania, was once synonymous with deindustrialization after the US steel industry declined in the 1970s, but it also has a history of manufacturing innovation, including producing some of the first mass-produced transistors in the 1950s. The city is now a logistics and e-commerce hub due to its strategic location. This unique combination of past and present makes Allentown an interesting case study.