即使是在后二战时期，只有一小部分美国人 — — 大多为白人男性 — — 才能在大规模资本集约型的工会联盟制造企业，诸如GM, GE或者AT&T中获得一份收入不错且安定的工作。
Even in the first post-WWII generation, only a minority of Americans – a largely white, male minority – found well-paying stable jobs at large, unionized, capital-intensive manufacturing companies like GM, GE, or AT&T.