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US Society, Unions: decline - Coggle Diagram
US Society
Consumerism
increased disposable income post 1945- savings, wages/ employment
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Demographics
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Better, cheaper food, medicine- living standards- life expectancy 62.9 1940 to 75.4 in 1990
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Jobs: demands leads to jobs in building, medicine, education etc.
1958 33% U15- teenage consumerism- entertainment, fashion industries cater to them
Gov investment: highways etc, people had children
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Affluence
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Suburban living- sprawling communities- identical housing highways, car ownership increase
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Suburbs- white middle class- leave cities- 'White Flight' from inner cities- Detroit pop fell 35% 1950/70
Subsequent move of business, revenue, taxation- rise of unemployment, crime, inner city decay
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The role of work
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decline in wages, numbers working- plants closed- cities dependent on key industries in decline- Detroit
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Unions: decline
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employers, politicians hostile 35% 1954- 11% 1991
more short term casual work, fewer benefits, more competition
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