A Century of Change warns that up to twenty-five percent of the American workforce may be telecommuters or home office workers within five years. It's a tame example drawn from the story told in the EPF's survey of a century of unprecedented progress wrung out of grim times and a Great Depression. And it's progress that some policymakers are slow to notice or believe. The challenge to policy makers is not that some groups are unaffected, but that certain groups notably, those impacted most by high-tech demand are outpacing all others, yielding both a positive gain and a simultaneous inequality. The real cost of living has seen a stunning and overlooked decline for much of what Americans buy most.
Most new jobs are part-time or temporary.
She feels that focusing speeches and policies on workplace discrimination, a brutal reality for a few, is misguided. Across the spectrum of the American workplace, we've achieved material progress beyond any reasonable expectation contrasted with the beginning of this century. Excerpts from A Century of Progress A Century of Change are available on-line. Workplace, labor and economic reporters and columnists may receive a free advance copy of A Century of Progress A Century of Change . Interviews are available with Ed Potter or other EPF economists.