The rest takes up their consequences . . Like all the capitalist apologists he is once again trying to bury Marx once and for all . Thanks, Lester . . The other major phenomenon in the working class that Thurow presents is rising unemployment and a structural change in the composition of the working class . This represents a third of the workforce either unemployed or living precariously in unstable and iffy work situations .
European figures are far higher .
Many countries are officially in double digit numbers, and the average official unemployment rate in Europe is double the US's . In Japan, unemployment approaches the EEC official numbers, as idle workers are kept on the payroll since their lifetime guarantee of employment has replaced a government social security system . . American corporations operate with a skill structure very different from that found in Japan or the European continent . This allows US firms to employ fewer mid-skill workers and more unskilled workers than would be the case in either Germany or Japan . Americans 'dumb down' the production process .