How bad is a life without work? I have been asked this question a lot lately. It is becoming pretty clear that the forces of globalisation and technological progress are reshaping economies and societies, especially in advanced economies, and that these effects are being felt most right in the centre of the workforce — across the individuals and families that make up what Americans call the middle class. Lots of the traditional jobs for these people are disappearing in the rich world, and wages for remaining workers are pretty stagnant.
如果沒有了工作，生活會變得多麼糟糕？我最近被多次問到這個問題。現在很明顯，全球化和技術進步正改變經濟和社會面貌（特別是在發達經濟體），受影響最大的是處於勞動力核心的人羣，即構成美國人所謂中產階級的個人和家庭。對於這些人而言，在富國，很多傳統工作正消失，其他勞動者的薪資嚴重停滯不前。
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