Ababhuli bayihlabile inkabi futhi bahlola izibilini ezicwebezelayo ukuze bathole izimpawu: Ukwenyuka kokuntuleka kwemisebenzi, ukwehla kwedola, ukusetshenziswa kabi kwemali kwabathengi, inkinga yezikweletu, imakethe yamasheya ewohlokayo. Ingabe kukhona okungalungile lapha? Ngabe empeleni sisondela ekuwohlokeni komnotho?
Okuwukuphela kwempendulo enengqondo: Ubani onendaba? Ngokwenhlolovo ye-CNN, amaphesenti angama-57 abantu baseMelika abecabanga ukuthi sesivele siwohlokile enyangeni edlule. Osomnotho bangase bakhononde ngokuthi lokhu kungenxa yokuthi umphakathi awunalwazi ngencazelo yezobuchwepheshe - noma okungenani indinganiso yamaphephandaba - yokuwohloka komnotho, ecacisa ukuthi kufanele okungenani kube namakota amabili alandelanayo okukhula okungekuhle ku-GDP. Kodwa iningi lomphakathi lisebenzisa incazelo ecacile yokuwohloka komnotho, okuyizikhathi ezinzima. Uma izikhathi ezinzima sezivele zehlele iningi labantu baseMelika, kusho ukuthi "ukwehla komnotho" akubonakali kuyigama eliwusizo kakhulu.
Ukulungiswa okuxakile kosomnotho ekukhuleni njengesilinganiso senhlalakahle yezomnotho kubabeka endaweni efanayo yabo siqu. Iwebhusayithi ye-WorldMoneyWatch isitshela ukuthi, isibonelo, ukuthi "Izinga lokukhula kwe-GDP liyinkomba ebaluleke kakhulu yempilo yezomnotho. Uma i-GDP ikhula, ibhizinisi, imisebenzi kanye nemali engenayo izoba njalo." Nokukhishwa kwakamuva kwe US News and World Report uyeluleka, "Isihluthulelo ... eMelika ukugcina umnotho wayo ukhula ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka ngaphandle kokubangela ukwehla kwamandla emali."
Kodwa helloooo, sibe nokukhula okusheshayo eminyakeni embalwa edlule, njengoba umongameli ehlala ethanda ukusikhumbuza, kuphela ngaphandle kwalezo ezithenjisiwe zokukhuphuka kwemali engenayo yomuntu siqu, okungenani hhayi kwabaphakathi. Ukukhula, abanye osomnotho bavuma ngokudideka, "kuhlanganiswe" kusuka ekuchumeni okukhulu.
Ukukhula akusona ukuphela kwenkomba yezomnotho esehlise phansi muva nje. Eminyakeni emihlanu edlule, ukukhiqizwa kweMelika okukhuphuka ngokushesha kube umona wengxenye enkulu yomhlaba. Kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo, amaholo angempela enqabile. Akufanele kube ngale ndlela, kunjalo. Sekuyisikhathi eside osomnotho bekholelwa ukuthi uhlobo oluthile lwenqubo yokulumba lungangenelela futhi lunyuse amaholo njengoba abantu besebenza kanzima nangempumelelo.
Kuthiwani ngezinga labangasebenzi? Inkolelo yakudala yenkululeko yayiwukuthi "ukuqashwa okuphelele" kwakuzodala ipharadesi labasebenzi, elinamaholo aphezulu kanye namandla okuxoxisana athuthukisiwe kumfana omncane nomfana. Kodwa cishe sesiqashwe ngokugcwele, noma okungenani izinga lokungasebenzi elingaphansi kwamaphesenti amahlanu, iminyaka manje, futhi, ngaphandle kwezinzuzo ezibikezelwe. Abakhululi benkululeko endala ababengatheli kukho kwakuyiholo elincane elicindezelekile, izinyunyana ezingenamandla, kanye namasu okuphatha abathakathi ukuze kuncishiswe amaholo namaholo.
Manje uma lezo zinkomba zezomnotho ezinkulu nezinesizotha - ukukhula, izinga lokukhiqiza kanye namazinga okuqashwa - asenqatshelwe ekuhlangenwe nakho kwabantu abaningi abaphila ngakho, khona-ke kukhona okungalungile ngosomnotho, umnotho, noma kokubili. Umkhondo usegama elithi "iningi." Sesingalingani njengesizwe kangangokuthi siya ngokuya sithatha iminotho emibili ehlukene - owodwa owabacebile omunye owabo bonke abanye - kanti lesi sakamuva sesisesimweni sokwehla kwamandla omnotho, uma kungekona ukudangala, isikhathi eside, eside. Akubona bonke osomnotho abangakwazi ukukuvuma lokhu.
Ngisola ukuthi ukukhula okumangalisayo kweMelika ekukhiqizeni kungomunye umfanekiso wokunqanyulwa kwezinyathelo zomnotho nolwazi lomuntu. Kuye kwathiwa kudalwe imfundo engcono kanye nentuthuko yezobuchwepheshe, okungaba kuhle ukukholelwa kukho. Kodwa ucwaningo olwembulwa ngo-2001 olwenziwa nguMcKinsey luphinde lwathi ukukhula kokukhiqiza kweMelika kwaba "ngezinto ezintsha zokuphatha" futhi yacaphuna u-Wal-Mart njengomlingisi oyisibonelo, okusho ukuthi nathi siyisibonelo. ukubheka izikimu ezinobuhlakani zokukhipha umsebenzi owengeziwe ukuze uthole iholo elincane. Yebo, ungakwazi ukukhiqiza okukhiphayo okwengeziwe ngehora ngalinye elibonakalayo lomsebenzi ngokwenza amarekhodi esikhathi amanga, ukusheshisa imigqa yokuhlanganisa, ukuphinda kabili umsebenzi, kanye nokunciphisa amakhefu. Ukukhiqiza kungase kubonakale kukuhle kusukela phezulu, kodwa phakathi naphansi kungase kuzwakale njengobuhlungu obukhulu.
Uma abasebenzi becindezelwe ngokwanele, unethuba lokuwohloka komnotho kwangempela njengoba kuchazwe ngokobuchwepheshe. Abantu bathenga kancane, ngakho ukukhula kuyehla, kuze kube yilapho ngisho nabasezingeni eliphezulu kwezomnotho kufanele bahlale phansi baqaphele. Lokhu kwenzeka eJapane, lapho kwakamuva Wall Street Journal Isihloko sesihloko siyamemezela: "Ukukhula Ukuthembela Ezikhathini Zokushisa Kubuyisela Ukuboshelwa Kabusha KweJapane: Amafemu Aya Engeza Izisebenzi Zesikhathi Esithile; Ukuchitha Amandla Amandla." I-U.S., lapho ukusetshenziswa kwemali kwabathengi kubala amaphesenti angama-70 omnotho uma kuqhathaniswa nengxenye engaphezudlwana kwengxenye yase-Japan, isengozini enkulu nakakhulu yokwehla kokusetshenziswa komuntu siqu.
Kuyini lokhu kulungiswa ekukhuleni noma kunjalo? Njengomthetho ojwayelekile wokuphila kwebhayoloji, noma yisiphi isidalwa noma ibhizinisi elincike ekukhuleni okungapheli kufanelekile ukukugwema, funa udliwe uphila. Njengoba uBill McKibben ephikisana encwadini yakhe Umnotho Ojulile, "ihlelo lokukhula" liye laholela ekufudumaleni komhlaba, amazinga asabekayo okungcola, nokuncipha kwezinsiza. Izimila ziyakhula, okungenani zize zibulale abanikazi bazo; umnotho kufanele uzinze.
I-Apocalypse eceleni, i-mantra yokukhula isikhohlise isikhathi eside kakhulu. Elihumusha kukho lithi: Ungakhathazeki ngosayizi ohlobene wocezu lwakho, gxila ekukhuliseni uphaya! Manje, ngokuwohloka komnotho okusongela ukuhlupheka okukhulu nakakhulu kulabo asebevele bedonsa kanzima, kungase kube isikhathi esifanelekile sokuphinda ukhiphe i-pie-cutter. Okubi kakhulu ukuthi ikhandidethi elihamba phambili leDemocratic Alliance elithembisa ukwenza kanjalo manje libonakala lisezintanjeni.
UBarbara Ehrenreich ungumbhali wezincwadi eziyishumi nantathu, okuhlanganisa neNew York Times ethengisa kakhulu uNickel kanye noDimed. Unikela njalo kuNew York Times, Harpers, kanye neProgressive, ungumbhali onesandla kumagazini iTime. Uhlala eFlorida.
I-ZNetwork ixhaswa kuphela ngokuphana kwabafundi bayo.
Nikela