Beyond Jobs
Two centuries ago, three out of four Americans worked the land. Today, four out of five work in services. Jeremy Rifkin saw what this means. The question is: do we?
On a summer morning in the early 1800s, nearly every sound in the American countryside was the sound of work. Horses pulling plows. Children pulling weeds, scattering seed. Neighbors gathering at harvest to thresh wheat together. In the early years of the United States, three out of every four workers made their living from the soil. Farming wasn’t just…
