I’m looking for an answer to this question that is based in Marxist analysis.
You know what I’m talking about. Job positions that required advanced degrees when they previously required undergraduate degrees, positions that require bachelors degrees when they used to just require high school, positions that previously had no formal education requirements but now require a high school diploma, etc. Along with jobs that require more experience when they previously required less or even none.
The most common answer I find is more advanced technology but I don’t think that’s the full picture. Can you guys explain?
You don’t need a Marxist analysis for that. It’s just markets. If labor is in supply enough that an employer thinks they can get it if they ask, then they will. Back during the great recession, there was a McDonald’s in NYC that made the news for requiring a college degree to work the register.
In US history, boomers pushed their kids to go to college, bc for them, that was the best way to a good career, bc those people were in short supply. Now, most people are college people and trades are in a shortage.
Honestly, be a plumber.
Labor unions give you 50 an hour for apprenticeships, at least where I am.