SOC-3600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Blue-Collar Worker
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10/20/2015 (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Distribution of wealth ownership in the us 2010. Essentially half of the country owns 1. 1% of the us". There"s been steady, slight growth in services. There"s been an increase in white collar. There"s been a steady, slight drop in blue collar. Highest to lowest: farmworkers, cashiers, amusement attendants, hosts/hostesses, dining room attendants, counter attendants, shampooers, dishwashers, food preparation (other, fast food cooks (cid:1) (cid:1) ,770- female head of household, no spouse present (cid:1) (cid:1) Change in family income by quintile and top 5% 1979-2005. Essentially the rich is getting richer faster than everyone. The growing spread in family income: income growth by quintiles and. Bottom 20th percentiles grew until about the recessiong (cid:1) (cid:1) World steel production (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Us produces about as much as we use so were not a big steel exporter. Integrated steel plant closures in the pittsburg region.
