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...service economy? Such workers are often depicted as a legion of hamburger flippers and computer programmers, but in fact they constitute a huge, diverse group whose members range from cashiers to lumberjacks. The vast majority of the U.S. labor force, more than 76 million workers, belong to the service sector; 25 million others are in goods-producing jobs, and 3 million are in agriculture. The Labor Department defines the goods-producing sector as manufacturing, mining and construction, but the rapidly growing service-producing sector tends to be much broader, encompassing many new types of jobs that do not seem...
Simply put, the service economy is the sector that runs on trade and information. Of the nearly $2.3 trillion in private services generated in 1985, 27% came from finance, insurance and real estate. Retail business accounted for 16%, wholesale trade for 12%, transportation and utilities for 12%, and communications...
...estimated 556,000 new cashier jobs will open up between 1984 and 1995, but the average weekly earnings for such workers at the beginning of that period was only $195. Some 452,000 registered nurses will be hired in that span; their weekly earnings averaged just $415. The service sector also includes such highly paid groups as lawyers and psychiatrists, some of whom can easily generate as many complaints as a surly salesclerk...
...past year the strategic positions of the two sides have remained relatively static. In last week's battle, however, the Iranians managed not only to hold their newly won pocket of territory but even to launch a second assault in the central sector to the east of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. On Christmas Day the Iraqis turned back an Iranian assault in the southern region, killing an estimated 15,000 Iranians but losing perhaps 5,000 of their own soldiers in the process. This time the Iraqis seemed to be having trouble holding back the invading forces...
...education, but also what college graduates will, or can, choose to do with their educations. Who will choose a low-paying public interest job when faced with a $20,000 debt? And how do we expect to attract more qualified people to teaching careers when large debts make private sector jobs that much more attractive? Forcing students to mortgage their futures means mortgaging the future of the country...