Thursday, August 18, 2011

The U.K. Riots And The Coming Global Class War - Forbes

The U.K. Riots And The Coming Global Class War


Joel Kotkin Joel Kotkin


The riots that hit London and other English cities last week have the potential to spread beyond the British Isles. Class rage isn’t unique to England; in fact, it represents part of a growing global class chasm that threatens to undermine capitalism itself.

The hardening of class divisions has been building for a generation, first in the West but increasingly in fast-developing countries such as China. The growing chasm between the classes has its roots in globalization, which has taken jobs from blue-collar and now even white-collar employees; technology, which has allowed the fleetest and richest companies and individuals to shift operations at rapid speed to any locale; and the secularization of society, which has undermined the traditional values about work and family that have underpinned grassroots capitalism from its very origins.




The U.K. Riots And The Coming Global Class War - Forbes

No comments:

Post a Comment