lack of future opportunity

[Rockstar]

https://financesonline.com/10-disapp...-opportunities

The shift into a knowledge-based, tech-heavy service economy has hit many workers hard–and even decimated whole regions, like the “Rust Belt” area from Pittsburgh and Cleveland to Detroit and beyond. A generation of skilled workers, trained to make complex machines like automobiles, or capable of operating the machinery necessary to produce the steel that undergirds much of our society–they’re all out of jobs, and the jobs are never coming back.


But that’s the last recession–what about the next one? Here we compile ten jobs that are on the endangered species list–and the shockingly reasonable salaries that will go with them. Unfortunately for many Americans, the question of “what next” doesn’t have any easy answer. But knowing the risks in store in many of these occupations–even some surprising ones in the tech industry–can better prepare you for the uncertain future ahead.

glad I'm old enough and don't have too worry about 'what's next'? Gotta feeling a lack of jobs is a recipe for uprising in some countries.

[bstanko6]

It will balance out. Not until we hit a wall first of course.

You can’t expect people to pay for stuff if they don’t have a job!

[Catfish]

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...postcount=8347

Just saying. Your system has to change.

[ikalugin]

I am concerned that everyone who is not in the top 5 percent of their competence hierarchy and who does not own substantial capital would not be able to generate subsistance earnings. And that any system that attempts to fix this through re-distribution of wealth would fail.

[Gargamel]

Living in the Cleveland area, I can easily say this is bunk. I know I can go out tomorrow and get offers for 3-4 decently paying skilled and unskilled labor jobs if I wanted (I know this because I've had to do it). I know this is unique to this area, as the Youngstown and Detroit areas are much harder hit (I can't speak for Pitt, I don't know), but to lump a huge region into one just because it seems like it should be is complete bunk.



Some areas of this region are expanding and growing, some are hard hit. Lumping them all together is idiocy.

[em2nought]

The only time there is lost prosperity in this country is when our leaders stop following nationalist policies that benefit us, and start giving away the farm. Pretty much what they've been doing since Nixon went to China, until now.