[lbo-talk] Why is America so violent

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sun May 13 15:59:09 PDT 2007


On May 13, 2007, at 5:48 PM, James Heartfield wrote:


> Maybe. My answer would be to look at what has changed - principally
> the
> declining role of organised labour, which leaves people in an
> unmediated
> relationship with their employers. That makes them more vulnerable.
> And it
> makes them feel even more vulnerable.

Dunno, but my sense is that the people who complain most about the time crunch are members of the professional/managerial class. The BLS time use survey shows leisure declining stairstep as education rises.

Doug



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