TYT University: College Graduate Wages Decreasing (Ana & Alyona)

[ihavenobias]

Run time: 08:20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aag8q6YRTMU   Posted on YouTube: September 06, 2011 By YouTube Member: tytuniversity Views on YouTube: 94   Posted on DU: September 06, 2011 By DU Member: ihavenobias Views on DU: 992

 

Hosted by Ana Kasparian and Jayar Jackson of The Young Turks, http://www.youtube.com/tytuniversity|TYTUniversity> focuses on college students and related issues (tuition, finding a job, dating, parties, religion, campus controversy and everything in between). We're looking for students, faculty members and recent graduates struggling to find work to submit videos from across the globe that might be used on the show each week.

Summary: The Economic Policy Institute found that wages among college gradudates have decreased significantly in the last decade. Alyona Minkovski joins Ana Kasparian to discuss.

[Atypical Liberal]

1. And it's going to get worse.

With countries like India and China cranking out much larger numbers of scientists and engineers, there is going to be even less incentive to go into even these harder, more specialized degree programs.

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2. Had ti turn this off -

it is simply infuriating that wealthy countries will bang on about wage inequality between men and women is being measure on a job for job basis - it is not. And it is so depressing that there can not be some honesty about this - it is a mean, (average) statistic of pay for jobs worked, by job seekers / workers. So it is a measure of those who are out of work voluntarily, maternity, part time, while they would like to be working full time. However it is never, ever presented as that - it is presented as same job - man gets more than woman - and that is just disgusting bullshit.

What makes it so much worse is that this is being hijacked for a "womens" issue - which is now being radically questioned by vastly more progressive countries in Scandanvia and northern Europe for the crap it is, when the real issue us the destruction of the middle class in general.

Sorry but it is time for some genuine honesty on this issue so that we can discuss is properly.

[LBJDemocrat]

4. I agree

If standardized for a particular field, the discrepancy disappears.

This interview contained nothing but bullshit government statistics (4.5% unemployment rate among college graduates? what?!), Friedman-esque fluff (e.g. freelancer nation! great!), and other platitudes.

[libodem]

3. Everything seems so tough these days

Life is harsh and then you die.

[20score]

5. K&R