Originally Posted by roachboy

this point:




is the jumpoff for this article from the march issue of atlantic:

How a New Jobless Era Will Transform America - Magazine - The Atlantic

the basic point is that the economic transition/crisis, the primary function of which from the outset was to be something that was declared to be over, is both revealing the consequences of the longer-term restructurings of the manufacturing sector and through the tightening of commercial credit, creating new and improved employment problems at the same time. but the unnerving aspect of what is surfacing-to-view is that this "recovery" appears to be "jobless" in the sense that....well, that's what the article is about and it's worth reading.

what do you think of this piece?
does it describe the economic situation in your geographical area?
has this affected you directly? how are you managing? how are people around you managing who are affected if you are not?

what do you make of the history leading to this "jobless recovery" business?

what do you think can or should be done to generate more work for more people?