The period from aprx. 1950 to 1975 was indeed a golden age. Easy to get jobs
and promotions. Not too difficult to buy a nice house and even put a
full-sized pool in the backyard so that you and the kids could have a swim.
Not at all like that now. People in the public service anxiously wondering if
they'll keep their jobs. I know a couple of people on whom the axe has already
fallen.
Ed
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From: Arthur Cordell
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Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 1:17 PM
Subject: [Ottawadissenters] RE: [Futurework] Thoughts on the golden age
You Can't Go Home Again the novel by Thomas Wolfe
The time that Krugman describes is a time when a breadwinner in the family
could support mate and many kids, still afford a new car from time to time and
could afford to buy a new (tract) house. I am describing my late father in
law. Was a middle income worker at National Defence yet managed to live
reasonably well on one salary. Try that today.
arthur
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Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 10:54 AM
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Subject: [Futurework] Thoughts on the golden age
Krugman on then and now:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/19/opinion/krugman-the-twinkie-manifesto.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
Ed
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