If you’ve ever used an ATM, automated phone service or purchased an American car you might have some connection to technology. As software permeates our lives, middle-class jobs seem to be disappearing for good.Whole categories from secretaries to travel agents are disappearing and by 2020 ‘Meter Readers’ are said to be a thing of the past.
“There’s no sector of the economy that’s going to get a pass,” says Martin Ford, who runs a software company and wrote “The Lights in the Tunnel,” a book predicting widespread job losses. “It’s everywhere.”
“The numbers startle even labor economists. In the United States, half of the 7.5 million jobs lost during the Great Recession paid middle-class wages, ranging from $38,000 to $68,000. But only 2 percent of the 3.5 million jobs gained since the recession ended in June 2009 are midpay. Nearly 70 percent are low-paying jobs; 29 percent pay well.” (Source: Oregon Live)
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