At 09:38 AM 8/3/98 -0500, you wrote: >> BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1998: > ........................................... >> __Until the beginning of last year, compensation had remained fairly >> flat during an otherwise broad expansion of the economy. The rise in >> compensation is now accelerating -- especially for workers in industries >> such as financial services and business consulting. ^^^^^^^^^^ > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > ........................................... > >Am I just a purist crank about words, or what? I can understand how you might be upset about the misuse of words (though it seems to be the major indoor sport these days in business, government, academia, etc., so to complain too much seems almost like King Canute calling on the sea to recede). What's more interesting to me is the _economics_: the oft-trumpeted recovery of real-wage growth is not mostly for Joe & Jill Sixpack out there in manufacturing and services -- but for people who work in those sectors most closely tied to the stock market bubble. Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://clawww.lmu.edu/Departments/ECON/jdevine.html "Dear, you increase the dopamine in my accumbens." -- words of love for the 1990s.
