Survival Economics: High Unemployment Pushes Black Chicagoans Into Informal Jobs – WBEZ (Chicago)

“I don’t celebrate this. I realize there is creativity and ingenuity, entrepreneurship and drive to make it. While I understand that folks are trying to hold onto some dignity in the work — and I celebrate the dignity — this is not an achievement. This is a sign of a failure, and that’s where the public policy story comes into play,” author Nik Theodore said.
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heyjude
5 years ago

Problem: Decades of liberal policies have destroyed jobs in cities.
Solution: More decades of liberal policies to fix the problems they created.

Insanity

debtsor
5 years ago

“Informal Jobs” is the new PC term for “Black Market” because using the world “Black” in any negative context is now racist. I also love how selling bootleg DVDs and the dangerous illegal daycare are just glossed over as, you know, informal jobs. Illegal daycares should be illegal because bad bad stuff happens to children at them. That’s why they are regulated and regularly inspected, to make sure the kids aren’t abused, or fed substandard spoiled food, or mistreated. Because anyone who says “Man, I need to make some money quick, I think I’ll start an illegal home daycare”, that… Read more »

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