Essay Archive - How Technology Effects Modern America
How Technology Effects Modern America
The microeconomic picture of the U.S. has changed immensely since 1973,
and the trends are proving to be consistently downward for the nation’s
high school graduates and high school drop-outs. “Of all the reasons
given for the wage squeeze – international competition, technology,
deregulation, the decline of unions and defense cuts – technology is
probably the most critical. It has favored the educated and the skilled,”
says M. B. Zuckerman, editor-in-chief of U.S. News & World Report
(7/31/95). Since 1973, wages adjusted for inflation have declined by
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