William Draves at Nine Shift talks about the end of the middle class, with fewer jobs offering a middle class wage, so that workers feel that they have nothing to lose and nothing to gain. According to Draves, the three keys to keeping a strong middle class are – knowledge worker jobs, health insurance and education. It seems that Canadian politicians are on the right track at both the federal and provincial levels, though I’m not sure if all of their methods are adequate or well-targeted. At least we don’t have to convince them about the importance of these three pillars.
So what will replace the corporation as the source of middle class jobs? I’m not sure, but there’s a good discussion of this at Mark Federman’s blog.
