I would hazard a guess that what happened in 1977/78 was that the productivity impacts of computing began to kick in... Mainframes were being implemented in the '60's in mega-corps but by the '70's the smaller but still large companies which probably would benefit most from the automation of record keeping (for example) were getting automated with mini-computers.
M -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Spencer Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 7:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Futurework] FW: [CITASA] Seeking a recommendation of a reading on socialstratification Mike G. wrote (quoting Valdis Krebs): > http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2011/09/04/opinion/04reich-graphic.h > tml Nice graphic. Okay, what happened in 1977 or '78, represented by the kink in '79 - '80 and the subsequent downward trend in compensation/wages and the corresponding migration of money upwards in the social strata? I these were graphs of wildlife population, we'd be looking for the introduction of a disease vector or of an unrestrained, competing alien species. We might also be expecting those sharply rising curves of productivity and wealth concentration to crest (sigmoid) or crash. - Mike -- Michael Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada .~. /V\ [email protected] /( )\ http://home.tallships.ca/mspencer/ ^^-^^ _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
