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The following article is abstracted from an article by David Brooks in the NY Times who has the copyright.
The numbers 1-6 were added on this website. Here is the URL of the original article << http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/opinion/15brooks.html?th&emc=th >>
Unless we as a nation learn how to handle the involved social forces -- we are headed for trouble. Each of these basic changes can be managed so as to make our lives better in almost every way. But, if they are managed poorly - they can lead to all sorts of trouble, pitting class against class, group against group and nation against nation.
Marty Carbone
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By DAVID BROOKS / Published: April 15, 2008 in the NY TImes
We’re in the middle of five historic economic revolutions.
1) A string of technological revolutions have made American workers much more productive. Over the past 30 years, steel producers have reduced the number of hours it takes to produce a ton of steel by up to 90 percent.
2) A social revolution has radically increased the number of women in the work force and pushed down the wages of men.
3) A medical revolution has led to enhanced diagnosis and treatment but also rapid health care inflation that burdens American employers and eats into workers’ weekly paychecks.
4) An information revolution has increased the economic rewards of education and punished those who lack it.
5) A pedagogical revolution has led to ferocious competition to get into the top universities but a decline in quality at the primary and secondary levels. For the first time in the nation’s history, workers retiring from the labor force are better educated than the ones coming in.
6) All of these huge social forces have had profound effects on how Americans work and live. All of them have combined to create a mass upper class, but also a struggling working class. They have all contributed to rising living standards — and also to the feelings of anxiety that show up in poll after poll.