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Would increases in computers and automation have anything to do with it? And have wages really gone down? As a whole, we're richer than ever. We own more posse
by bluedino 6y ago
Would increases in computers and automation have anything to do with it?
And have wages really gone down? As a whole, we're richer than ever. We own more possessions, have bigger houses, spend more money on luxuries, etc.
- mrlala 6y ago>And have wages really gone down? If you include things like the cost of Homes Healthcare *Education Then wages have gone wayyyy down. And then if you factor in things like employer pension plans back then.. well, crazy further. Now if the argument is "well we have more luxuries".. I mean, sure.. but it just seems an impossible task to raise a family and pay for home/healthcare/education compared to what it was even 30 years ago.
- cambalache 6y agoDefine "we" and define "rich". Because if by "we" you mean, anyone who has a blue collar job and/or "just" went to a state school, and if by "rich" you mean, able to afford a house,have the luxury of one partner (usually the woman) to stay home, medical costs in any eventuality, send their kids to college, then you are sadly mistaken.
- collinmanderson 6y agoThis is my bet. Computer automation probably removed more wages than it created.