Length2h 5m
About this audiobook
From the assembly lines of Detroit to the factory towns of Southern Ontario, the North American auto industry did more than build cars. It built the modern middle class.
In *Driven Wealth: The Rise, Fall and Future of the North American Auto Dream*, Christopher M. Michaud explores how the automobile industry transformed ordinary workers into homeowners and helped create generations of economic security.
From wartime production and postwar prosperity to the oil shocks of the 1970s, globalization, automation, and industrial decline, the book traces an industry that reshaped communities, economies, and the meaning of work.
But *Driven Wealth* is ultimately about people: families, factory towns, and the promise that hard work could build a better future.
As electric vehicles, artificial intelligence, and global competition transform manufacturing, one question remains: Can the industry rebuild the prosperity it once made possible?
Audiobook details
GenreBusiness and Economics, History
Length2 hrs 5 mins
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateMar 1, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1TITLE
2AUTHOR INTRO
3Prologue | The Question Beneath the Steel
4Chapter 1 | Humble Beginnings
5Chapter 2 | The System Takes Shape
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6Chapter 3 | The Industry Goes to War
7Chapter 4 | The Middle-Class Engine
8Chapter 5 | Challenges and Decline
9Chapter 6 | Present-Day Crossroads
10Chapter 7 | The Survival Question
11Chapter 8 | Reckoning and Possibility
12Conclusion | Wealth, Work, and the Road Ahead
13Acknowledgments
14About the Author
15Other Books by Christopher M. Michaud
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