Monday, August 5, 2013

Most people aren't "working for the man"….


Most of the world's adults (ages 15 and up) aren't punching the clock for a paycheck. Surprised?


Gallup.com has a new report showing that only about 26% of those folks are working full-time for any employer.

Even if you add in the folks who are "working for the man" in a part-time job, you're still talking about only a third of adults worldwide who work for someone else.


Let's not forget about the self-employed. Gallup reports that 18% of adults work for themselves full-time.

There are 5.2 billion people on the surface of the planet who are at least 15 years old. Almost half of them aren't "working" in any commonly understood way.





Here in the U.S., and in many societies around the world, we're a long, long way from our agricultural past when more or less everyone old enough to work was doing something to put food on the table.

It seems a bit unnatural that so many people aren't earning their daily bread.









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