return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 7 days ago'We are essentially in a new Gilded Age’: As workers get laid off, CEOs and shareholders gobble up hundreds of billions in profitsfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1645arrow-down16file-text
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minus-squareTelodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down51·7 days agoWeird, employment is up right near full employment, real wages are up, and quality of life has never been higher by any metric. Is this just about tech layoffs due to overtraining the workforce and excess supply? Neat.
minus-squareFleur_@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·7 days agoWasn’t this also the case in the gilded age?
Weird, employment is up right near full employment, real wages are up, and quality of life has never been higher by any metric.
Is this just about tech layoffs due to overtraining the workforce and excess supply? Neat.
Inequality is up.
Wasn’t this also the case in the gilded age?