In some ways current developments remind me of letting the infrastructure fall into disrepair. Hey, everything seems to be OK.....until it isn't.
arthur From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Weick Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 10:09 AM To: RE-DESIGNING WORK,INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION; Keith Hudson Cc: [email protected] Subject: [Ottawadissenters] Re: [Futurework] Hey, you don't have to marry the guy! Thanks, Keith. What we hear most often about the American middle class is that it's disappearing, being flushed down the toilet by technological change, the export of jobs to Asia, disappearing unions, etc. What the two articles cited below suggest is that it is still here and changing in some very important ways. Women, now as educated and capable of being in the work force as men, are becoming so independent that marriage doesn't matter anymore even if having children still does. Men and women, cast out of their traditional family and economic roles, now have to find new ways of coping and staying alive. What the articles suggest is that retired pessimists like me may see the present work world as gloomy, those who have to live and work in it may not see it as darkly as I do. Good for them! Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: Keith Hudson <mailto:[email protected]> To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION,EDUCATION <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 9:32 AM Subject: Re: [Futurework] Hey, you don't have to marry the guy! At 12:11 18/02/2012, Ed wrote: Things sure ain't like they used to was... From the NYTimes: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/18/us/for-women-under-30-most-births-occur-ou tside-marriage.html?pagewanted=1 <http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/18/us/for-women-under-30-most-births-occur-o utside-marriage.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp> &_r=1&hp A natural complement to this is another article on Reuters about jobs: http://blogs.reuters.com/david-rohde/2012/02/16/what-job-creation-looks-like -outside-washington/ Keith Keith Hudson, Saltford, England http://allisstatus.wordpress.com <http://allisstatus.wordpress.com/> _____ _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework __._,_.___ <http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97476590/grpId=15209059/grpspId=1705083512/msgI d=17685/stime=1329577759> Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ottawadissenters/join;_ylc=X3oDMTJndjR1azBwBF 9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzE1MjA5MDU5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA4MzUxMgRzZWMDZnRyBHNsaw NzdG5ncwRzdGltZQMxMzI5NTc3NzU5> (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Email%20Delivery:%20 Digest> | Switch to Fully Featured <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Change%20Deliv ery%20Format:%20Fully%20Featured> Visit Your Group <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ottawadissenters;_ylc=X3oDMTJlbGcwdXE1BF9TAzk 3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzE1MjA5MDU5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA4MzUxMgRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNocGY Ec3RpbWUDMTMyOTU3Nzc1OQ--> | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> | Unsubscribe <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe> __,_._,___
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