Chris is a history dissertation student (or at least he was) who posts
at the awful Ralph Luker's Cliopatria group blog. He also did a tour of
duty in Iraq. He is always interesting as this post should indicate:
http://hnn.us/blogs/2.html
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Chris Bray
Eating People
"In the America where things are made, the recession has been a
depression. According to a new Northeastern University study, one in
every six blue-collar industrial jobs have disappeared since 2007,
matching the drop in overall employment in the Great Depression. Last
year, about 1.3 million factory jobs vanished."
USA Today, March 2
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-03-01-townhangingon_N.htm
"Indeed, last year's wealth wasteland has become a billionaire bonanza.
Most of the richest people on the planet have seen their fortunes soar
in the past year. This year the World's Billionaires have an average net
worth of $3.5 billion, up $500 million in 12 months. The world has 1,011
10-figure titans, up from 793 a year ago but still shy of the record
1,125 in 2008. Of those billionaires on last year's list, only 12% saw
their fortunes decline."
Forbes, March 10
http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/09/worlds-richest-people-slim-gates-buffett-billionaires-2010-intro.html
A question: What possible futures do these two paragraphs suggest to
historians?
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