The Bad Outlook for the Working-Class Man

The Bad Outlook for the Working-Class Man

by Jonathan Rauch, Natl Jrnl

Jonathan Rauch, Natl Jrnl
If the American economy were an automobile, you would say the transmission is failing. The engine works, but not all wheels are getting power. To put the matter less metaphorically: The economy no longer reliably and consistently transmits productivity gains to workers. The result is that many millions of Americans, in particular less-skilled men, are leaving the workforce, a phenomenon the country has never seen before on the present scale.Well. That was a mouthful. It certainly bites off more than Washington's polarized politicians can handle at the moment.http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2012/12/05/the_bad_outlook_for_the_working-class_man_297309.html