Krugman just covered this:
https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/coal-is-a-state-of-mind/?_r=0
Two things that I think he missed: mining is a man's job. Two, mining doesn't require education. So the nostalgia for coal is, in part, for the days when an uneducated dude could make a decent living. Trump wouldn't last five minutes in a coal mine.
“Read the transcript.”
https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/coal-is-a-state-of-mind/?_r=0
Two things that I think he missed: mining is a man's job. Two, mining doesn't require education. So the nostalgia for coal is, in part, for the days when an uneducated dude could make a decent living. Trump wouldn't last five minutes in a coal mine.
“Read the transcript.”