A Labor of Love
by Casey Harpe
In the United States, population changes over the last 40 50 years have caused dramatic changes in the labor market. The population growth, along with advances in technology, has led to a completely different labor market. One major change is that our economy has moved to a service orientation rather than of production. The driving force of our economy was, at one time, production or manufacturing. The major advances in technology and higher levels of education among most Americans have caused the manufacturing industries to seek the cheaper labor of countries other than the U.S. This new landscape of the labor market has affected all types of jobs in the U.S. Our service economy has led to more and more professional positions which require those higher levels of education and training. As a result, we have seen an increase in the amount of people who go to college as well as who pursue graduate level degrees.
The population growth in......
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