Saturday, July 30, 2011

1978: Pivot Point In American History

In 1970s something changed in our economy: many Americans wages held steady or fell - an entire generation began to live worse off than their parents and their children's future looks even bleaker. 80,000,000 Americans fell off the cliff. This is the lower class that used to work in factories and now work 3 jobs, commute 2 hrs a day, etc.

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Planet Money
Adam and Alex on stage in Washington, DC.

Today's podcast is a recording of the live show Alex and Adam did in DC this week. In keeping with the vibe of the nation's capital, they talk a lot about America.

Key themes:

1. Disco destroyed America.

2. Now there are two Americas: Broken America and American-Dream America.

3. A three-step plan for solving America's problems.

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