"A shift from a domestic economy to a global economy has played a significant role in the decline of unionization," wrote Sean Rust, a D.C. Law & Public Policy Scholar at Temple's Beasley School of Law (and recent Temple graduate) in a post at Forbes' "Modeled Behavior" blog. "Because union membership under the NLRA cannot withstand the external pressure of a globalized economy it appears the NLRA has failed in the long run."