This is supposed to be the age of the gig economy -- every worker an entrepreneur. But it hasn’t translated to a fix of the greatest economic crisis of our times: how to preserve a declining middle class. The distilled wisdom on this subject says that education -- elevating minds, skills and critical thinking to match a tomorrow economy -- is the way forward. And everyone in this tomorrow-economy state seems to agree. Except, look at what happened here, a parable for troubled times. The state agreed to subsidize Boeing to the tune of $500 million a year over 16 years. That’s twice what the state gives to the University of Washington, the region’s flagship college, long an elevator to the middle class. Maybe the university should threaten to leave town.
Posted on: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 14:51:01 +0000
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