This is an interesting article and well worth a read. It highlights the challenges of polarized America heading towards an election.
Nancy Folbre: Overclass vs. Underclass – NYTimes.com.
What do you think? Where’s the greatest challenge, the “underclass” or the “overclass“?
Whilst Europe does not currently have the same extremes of political polarization, the article is an eye-opener in times of ever-increasing austerity and enormous challenges for youth unemployment.
France and Germany have elections coming soon as well, with voters getting a chance to provide feedback on austerity policies.
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- Economix Blog: Nancy Folbre: What Makes Teachers Productive? (economix.blogs.nytimes.com)
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Thanks for the interesting link.
I found some more articles that are related to that subject, and might be worth reading.
In case you want to check them out:
http://tinyurl.com/7tce6dn
http://tinyurl.com/7krtrpy
http://tinyurl.com/6mbaquf
http://tinyurl.com/cembqzy
Best regards,
Pit
Pit, Many thanks. I’ll certainly check them out
Thanks again
Alf