And on Fri, 18 Jun 1999, Doug Henwood wrote:
> Or in other words, 100% less the employment/population ratio. By that
> measure, the U.S. working class is a lot better off than the Western
> European working class. Would you want to make that argument?
I assume that's because employment is not the only component of working-class well-being, rather than because employment has nothing to do with well-being. I wish I had a job.
What are the reasons why European workers as a class are better off than US workers? Can those other components of well-being be meaningfully combined with employment to give a better picture?
Tom
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