Robert Reich says strengthen unions, inequality has skyrocketed as unions have weakened.

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24. Placeless/Globalized, it's all the same

The world is far more open than it used to be. People around the world have increased expectations. There are only so many resources on a finite planet to go around. It's a difficult equation to try and even out.

Back in the day when union membership was highest, they couldn't move your job to China or India as easily. Back in the day, it was basically white men that got the benefits of that. But then society opens up(not just in the US, but the world), and now everyone needs and/or wants a job. The more people available for a job, the less you have to pay those people to do the job. Add in increasing automation, and you need people even less.

A simple college degree isn't worth what it used to be worth, because now more people have them. Now you have to go above and beyond it. If everyone goes to school to become an engineer or something, then engineers won't make as much money.

I know we're talking about people, but it's still supply and demand. It's no different in that regard than a TV or whatever. The more TV's out there, the less they cost. Since there are fewer and fewer alternatives to the dominant way of life, the more people you throw into the same system, the less you need any one of them for the system to function.