Religion of Work
The belief that work is not only necessary to economic production, but also to centerpiece of one’s identity and life’s purpose.
What is workism?
This is the job category that has lost 5 million jobs to that of technological changes
What are manufacturing jobs?
Name in order the top three happiest countries in the world.
What are Finland, Denmark, and Norway?
Stated by this man: “Finding meaning, whether as a banker or janitor, is difficult. Usually life, rather than a business school classroom, is the place to learn how to do it"
Who is Charles Duhigg?
Consumption tax on goods and services that get paid by business at every point in the production chain
What is value-added tax?
This country works longer hours, has shorter vacations, get less in unemployment, disability, and retirement benefits, and retires later, than people in comparably rich societies.
What is the United States?
A term of a small group of writers, academics and economists who welcome the end of labor
What is post-workists?
Fill in the blanks; According to a study published in 2019, ____ people are more likely to vote for ______ .
What are Happy and Incumbents
During this decade 61% of workers said they were satisfied with their jobs and dropped to 43% in which decade?
What were the 1980’s and the 2010’s?
Andrew Yang’s big proposal for $1000 per month to each American
What is the Freedom Dividend?
Percent of teens said “having a job or career they enjoy” would be “extremely or very important” to them as an adult.
What is 95%
According to this professor at Youngstown State University “Youngstown’s story is America’s Story because it shows that when jobs go away the cultural cohesion of a place is destroyed. The cultural breakdown matters even more than the economic breakdown.
Who is John Russo?
Fill in the blanks; At the most basic level, good government
establishes and maintains an institutional
framework that enables people to ___ ___ ___ .
What is Live Better Lives?
Bred by the internet, this culture leads to oppressive hours, political infighting, increased competition sparked by globalization.
What is an “always-on culture” ?
This state gives an annual dividend based on the state’s oil-extract income
What is Alaska?
In 1996 this act, signed by Bill Clinton, replaced much of the existing welfare system with program that made benefits contingent on the recipient's employment.
What is the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act?
This future era, in which computer scientists and software engineers with invent us out of work and the total number of jobs will decline steadily and permanently.
What is the era of technological unemployment?
As the standard of living improves, so should
happiness – but it has not, this is known as...
What is The Easterlin paradox?
According to a study published in 2001, this influences job satisfaction significantly.
What is meaningfulness?
This job is the most popular job in 29 states in the United States.
What is a truck driver?
This generation is the most educated ever with steep debt in student loans and has the influence and disturbance of social media pressure.
What is Millennial generation?
The effect of Youngstown after the manufacturing shifted caused the city to lose 50,000 jobs and $1.3 billion in manufacturing wages. This term was coined to describe the fallout.
What is regional depression?
Fill in the blanks: The average 12th grader
(17-18 years old) spent more than __ hours a day
of leisure time on just three digital media activities
What is 6 hours?
This group of people failed to get the jobs they wanted when they graduated and had to scramble for work.
What is alsorans?
I worked for a healthcare software company in New York for four years and then became the head of an education company that grew to become the number one in the US was acquired by the Washington Post in 2009. Then I started Venture for America.
Who is Andrew Yang?