This book is about the problem of plant closure and our failure as a society to formulate an effective solution to the problem. The author asks the question, why have we as a society been able to regulate any number of economic issues, but not this one? Contents: Plant Closings' Challenge to Liberalism; Plant Closings; Understanding Liberalism; The Evolving Public/Private Relationship; Strategies for Dealing with Plant Closure; Issues in Plant Closing Legislation; The Failure of Liberalism to Adapt; Index.