The Law of Unintended Consequences as Illustrated by the Story of U.S. Steel in Duluth

Ed Newman
4 min readAug 5, 2018

Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it.

101 years ago this month U.S. Steel announced the building of a steel plant in Duluth. It was not just any old steel plant. According to the Duluth News Tribune is was going to be a “MONSTER PLANT IN DULUTH.” Along with the plant came the promise of prosperity for…

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