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Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
No. Total misconception.
The 80's were split between 'The gamblers' and the 'Stay safers'.
The 'Gamblers' took risks.
With the banks; mass government share sell offs; the stock markets; new technologies; new thinking.
The 'Stay safers' tried desperately to cling on to a dying manufacturing base; outdated industries and old methods of working.
So stress was rife !
Periods of boom and bust economics meant you might sell your house for a fortune one year and then find you couldn't pay your new mortgage the next.
As industries died so unemployment became a factor.
More temporary jobs created than permanent ones. Meaning nobody could effectively plan much of their lives.
The 80's were split between 'The gamblers' and the 'Stay safers'.
The 'Gamblers' took risks.
With the banks; mass government share sell offs; the stock markets; new technologies; new thinking.
The 'Stay safers' tried desperately to cling on to a dying manufacturing base; outdated industries and old methods of working.
So stress was rife !
Periods of boom and bust economics meant you might sell your house for a fortune one year and then find you couldn't pay your new mortgage the next.
As industries died so unemployment became a factor.
More temporary jobs created than permanent ones. Meaning nobody could effectively plan much of their lives.