>>The private sector job market shifted to low skill, low pay service jobs. The government mostly outsources those roles. The private sector has massively auto

>>The private sector job market shifted to low skill, low pay service jobs. The government mostly outsources those roles. The private sector has massively automated as well. The better explanation is that the growing gap between private and public sector wages is due to public sector labor unions and the proliferation of collective bargaining agreements that they've secured for themselves, and the fact that the government (unlike private industry), does not easily go bankrupt under the weight of union demands. >>Unions strengthened civil service and reduced patronage. Do you want your kids taught by uneducated hacks? Teachers unions have reduced spending efficiency in education: https://academic.oup.com/qje/article-abstract/111/3/671/1839935?login=true https://academic.oup.com/qje/article-abstract/111/3/671/1839...