The Idle Army: America’s Unworking Men
Wages must rise. They have not risen for nearly four decades in real terms. Major life expenses are unaffordable to all but the wealthy, such as housing.<p>This single fact explains lots of things in the present. It appears we&#x27;re trapped in a local maximum while journalists and politicians blithely ignore the plateauing of growth, wages and technology outside of computation.<p>If you think everything is getting better and better, you&#x27;ve taken your eyes off the road for a while now.