The past few weeks, hidden beneath the clamor about healthcare reform (a word I use loosely), there’s been a lot of interesting data and commentary around gender, class, earnings and income.
The highlights: More women are better educated than men, higher earnings accrue to people with more education and less educated people have less job flexibility, higher unemployment and lower lifetime earnings.
These are ultimately more profound realities for our society than healthcare reform. This redistribution of education should ultimately be reflected in a redistribution of roles of responsibility and leadership in our country. Look at Congress, look at executive leadership and today you will see a sea of males, mostly white. That can’t be sustained.
Here’s a look at how the income gap has developed over the past generations.
