"Routine" jobs that have been the backbone of the middle class, such as welding, are disappearing. (File)
"Routine" jobs — those based on a relatively narrow set of repeated tasks — have long been a driver of middle-class employment. Think bank teller, factory worker or welding-machine operator.
Those jobs, according to research from a trio of economists, have been disappearing over the past few decades , prompting many displaced workers to either accept lower-paying low-skill manual work or simply drop out of the workforce. It’s one of the country’s most worrying economic trends, writes The Wall Street Journal , and […]
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