Post on 29-May-2015
= Billno college; blue-collar, service, or low-level white-collar worker.
= Tedcollege educated; manager, doctor, lawyer, engineer, scientist, professor, content producer.
a tale of two workers
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
families in which the head of household or spouse worked 40 or more hours in the preceding week
Source: Charles Murray, Coming Apart
people like Ted
people like Bill
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
men not making a living
people like Bill
people like Ted
Source: Charles Murray, Coming Apart
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1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
proportion of all whites ages 30-49 who self-report being in very happy marriages
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
people like Bill
people like Ted
Source: Charles Murray, Coming Apart
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
percentage of children living with both biological parents when the mother was age 40
95%
85%
75%
65%
55%
45%
35%
25%
people like Bill
people like Ted
Source: Charles Murray, Coming Apart
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
voting turnout in presidential elections, 1968 - 2008
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
people like Bill
people like Ted
Source: Charles Murray, Coming Apart
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
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soners
per
10
0,0
00
popula
tion
white prisoners
1000
800
600
400
200
0
people like Bill
people like Ted
Source: Charles Murray, Coming Apart
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010