Learning to Cope - Economic insecurity is all the rage. It is a theme that will dominate the forthcoming elections in Britain and America, even though both are enjoying steady growth and low unemployment by international standards. Today most of the big economies feel anxious in a way that is not explained by the usual economic statistics. People who used to think their jobs were safe and their standard of living would rise each year can no longer take either for granted. Yet somehow neither work nor the family has changed enough to make this a tenable situation.
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Add stagnating wages and layoff anxiety, and for millions of Americans, each week becomes a stressful triage between work and home that leaves them feeling guilty, exhausted and angry. A Bad Case of the Blues - People think the nation is unraveling. The Troubled Careers of Recent Ph.D.'s - One group of science scholars finds uncertainty is the norm. A Ph.D. was once a virtual guarantee of not only a good job but a secure one. For many, it often led to a tenured professorship.