A comment by a participant in a discussion on a program the other night (on the
Agenda I think, but I'm not sure): "There used to be 5,000 people working at
that plant, all making good money. Now, because of technology, there are about
500."
Ed
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Subject: [Futurework] FW: Middle-Class Areas Shrink as Income Gap Grows,New
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> Subject: Middle-Class Areas Shrink as Income Gap Grows, New Report Finds -
> NYTimes.com
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> The portion of American families living in middle-income neighborhoods has
> declined significantly since 1970, according to a new study, as rising
> income inequality left a growing share of families in neighborhoods that are
> mostly low-income or mostly affluent.
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> The findings show a changed map of prosperity in the United States over the
> past four decades, with larger patches of affluence and poverty and a
> shrinking middle.
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/us/middle-class-areas-shrink-as-income-gap
> -grows-report-finds.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha23
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