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What Is the Burning Question of the Day?

Aug 10, 2016 | 08:00 GMT

What Is the Burning Question of the Day?
The West is edging back toward what it was before 1930 — a world of masters and servants.

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In 2008, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicted that employment in domestic service would grow by 50 percent over the coming decade. All the signs suggest this was an underestimate. The West is edging back toward what it was before 1930 -- a world of masters and servants. To be sure, both groups are much richer than they used to be and their interactions are more egalitarian, but the trend nonetheless seems to be accelerating....

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