Industrial economy; Unemployment caused by business cycle downturns; double-digit unemployment rate; labor surplus; work tasks repetitive; “good jobs" for “average” skills plentiful.
In 2008...
Global and services economy; unemployment caused by business restructuring; unemployment rate low but duration high; talent shortage; work is more creative; “good” jobs require more advanced skills.
In 1983...
Beijing begins to purge
In 2008...
Beijing hosts the Summer Olympics.
In 1983...
The Dow closes the year at 1258.64
In 2008...
The Dow opens 2008 at 13,563.
In 1983...
Costco Inc. is founded in Seattle.
In 2008...
Costco operates nearly 400 stores. In other words, they have averaged 16 new stores per year for 25 years straight.
In 1983...
General Motors and Toyota Motors sign an agreement February 17 to produce a subcompact car on a joint basis in a GM plant at Fremont, Calif.
In 2008...
Through the first half of 2008 Toyota has outsold GM and is on pace to become the largest automaker in the world, a title GM has held since 1931.
In 1983...
Dell Computer has its beginnings in a dorm room at the University of Texas, Austin, where Houston-born freshman Michael Dell, 18, begins rebuilding personal computers to order and selling them direct to fellow students.
In 2008...
Dell is a Fortune 100 company with a PC market share of 14.3% and $61 billion in revenues.
And now the related question: How has reemployment changed?
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Nice, I am liking this. Let me know if you want any info. on WfD in the international development sphere--can point you to a bunch of materials, though it's v. different.
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