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Economic Social Institution In 2012, futurist Thomas Frey predicted that by 2030, 2 billion jobs will disappear globally. “The more technology we rely on, the more breaking points we’ll have in our lives. We are not well-equipped culturally and emotionally to have this much technology entering into our lives. There will be backlashes, ‘destroy the robots’ or ‘damn the driverless car’ campaigns with proposed legislation attempting to limit its influence. At the same time, most of the jobs getting displaced are the low-level, low-skilled labor positions. Our challenge will be to upgrade our workforce to match the labor demand of the coming era. Although it won’t be an easy road ahead it will be one filled with amazing technology and huge potentials as the industries shift” (Futurist Speaker). Social Structure in a Gesellschaft Society Culture, Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality Social Class (SES = OIE), Religion, etc. • Statuses and Roles • Groups • Institutions and Formal Organizations • Society Types of Jobs 1972 (Source: NPR) Types of Jobs 2012 (Source: NPR) Capitalism 1.) private ownership of companies 2.) profit driven 3.) market competition Socialism 1.) public ownership (government) 2.) profit immoral 3.) competition immoral Types of Capitalism • • • • Laissez-Faire Capitalism State or Welfare Capitalism Convergence Theory/Mixed Economic System Globalization of Capitalism • Functionalist Theory • Conflict Theory • Corporate Capitalism • Multinational Corporations • Oligarchies • Global Super Class Corporate Capitalism Jobs: Consumption over Production Conspicuous Consumption Planned Obsolescence McDonaldization of Society What Meaning Do You Assign to This Toilet Tissue? Cuba • Sense of self revolves around creativity • Thrift orientated culture • Resource poor country U.S.A. • Sense of self revolves around consumption • Consumer Orientated Culture • Resource rich country • Ability to Access Resources from Foreign Countries Political Economy What Does a Trillion Dollars Look Like? http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.html Gross Domestic Product (GDP) https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-worldfactbook/rankorder/2001rank.html?countryname=United%20States&countrycode=us®ionCode=noa&ra nk=2#us Federal Debt and the Federal Budget http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/ 3.9 Trillion Outlay and 563 Billion Deficit (Source: Federal Spending) Poverty U.S. Census – 2013 Married-couple families Male householder Female householder 5.8% 15.9% 30.6% Males Females 13.1% 15.8%