“World population then was ~800 million. Today it is ~7700 million. Most have jobs.”
I doubt this.
In the USA, we have an unemployment number, “able bodied, but not working, or looking for work.” If the 50’s, it was basically housewives. Today it’s a lot of people. (This might not be the exact wording the government uses.)
My point is this number is huge, and never talked about much in the United States. I don’t think the government even has a way of tracking the number?
I don’t know how the rest of the world treats this number.
My guess would be most don’t have jobs, or if that number crossed 50% in any country, the jobs would not be of a livable wage living alone.
I don’t know how the rest of the world treats this number.
India deliberately chose not to automate agriculture. They still have about 50% agricultural workers. Recent attempts to change this have resulted in riots.[1]
I doubt this.
In the USA, we have an unemployment number, “able bodied, but not working, or looking for work.” If the 50’s, it was basically housewives. Today it’s a lot of people. (This might not be the exact wording the government uses.)
My point is this number is huge, and never talked about much in the United States. I don’t think the government even has a way of tracking the number?
I don’t know how the rest of the world treats this number.
My guess would be most don’t have jobs, or if that number crossed 50% in any country, the jobs would not be of a livable wage living alone.