That quote has been on the CIA website since at least 2001, though. I remember back then, when I was a "libertarian" I wrote an article in which I tried to refute that section of the CIA website.
> It is not new, but for the CIA to acknowledge it .... > > On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 05:32:36PM -0700, Jim Devine wrote: >> The two-tier labor market is nothing new. What's new is the seemingly >> accelerating growth of the secondary (bad job) sector as a percentage >> of the labor force and the accelerating growth of the income & benefit >> gap between the two tiers (labor market segments). >> >> On 5/13/06, michael perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > The last sentence is the kicker. >> > >> > "US firms are at or near the forefront in technological advances, >> > especially in computers and in medical, aerospace, and military >> > equipment; their advantage has narrowed since the end of World War II. >> > The onrush of technology largely explains the gradual development of a >> > "two-tier labor market" in which those at the bottom lack the >> education >> > and the professional/technical skills of those at the top and, more >> and >> > more, fail to get comparable pay raises, health insurance coverage, >> and >> > other benefits. Since 1975, practically all the gains in household >> > income have gone to the top 20% of households." >> > >> > http://odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html >> > >> > -- >> > >> > >> > Michael Perelman >> > Economics Department >> > California State University >> > michael at ecst.csuchico.edu >> > Chico, CA 95929 >> > 530-898-5321 >> > fax 530-898-5901 >> > >> >> >> -- >> Jim Devine / "the world still seems stuck in greed-lock, ruled by >> fossilized fools fueled by fossil fuels." -- Swami Beyondananda > > -- > Michael Perelman > Economics Department > California State University > Chico, CA 95929 > > Tel. 530-898-5321 > E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu >
