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How the other half lives in 2017
Tens of thousands line up at Amazon job fairs as Dow tops 22,000
3 August 2017
“Long ago it was said that ‘one half of the world does not know how the other half lives.’”—Jacob Riis, 1890
Two scenes played out across America yesterday, providing a window onto two separate worlds: one occupied by a small, wealthy elite; the other by the working class, who comprise roughly the bottom 90 percent of the population.
Shortly after the opening bell on Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average broke the 22,000 mark for the first time in history, a milestone that was greeted with exuberant headlines in the establishment press and made the lead story on NBC’s evening news program.
