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The data doesn't seem to support what you're saying, e.g., even ignoring the other three and just looking at service-industry jobs, their growth alone made up f
by raldi 4y ago
The data doesn't seem to support what you're saying, e.g., even ignoring the other three and just looking at service-industry jobs, their growth alone made up for the drop in manufacturing jobs many times over:
https://i0.wp.com/www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220928_ServiceSectorFacts_FigB.png https://i0.wp.com/www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/...
Also, the definition of a "nice house" in 1950 or 1975 is very, very different from today. In the 70's, a nice house often had one story and a single bathroom, a tiny kitchen with no dishwasher, no dryer, no air conditioning...
As for the poverty rate, I'm not seeing the trend you describe:
https://poverty.ucdavis.edu/sites/main/files/imagecache/lightbox/main-images/poverty_rate_historical_0.jpg https://poverty.ucdavis.edu/sites/main/files/imagecache/ligh...
- DrewADesign 4y agoThe US population is well over 100 million larger than in the 70s. You can't just erase changes in individual communities by looking only at national statistics. Our national economy profited just fine. Even within those national numbers, jobs that have seen significant growth line food service jobs are worse in measurable ways. The wages are significantly lower, they're less likely to provide basic benefits like health insurance, let alone paid vacation and retirement. One again, my initial assertion is that a whole lot of people don't just figure it out when part of a broad population deemed unnecessary, and the rust belt is obvious evidence of that.