Population increased also. And consumerism. And debt. And a lot of laws have been added.

But last year, 2 of my friends fire their 5 employees and started again, them alone. They made the calculation: there productivity ratio was better with only them 2, than with the 5 part time workers they had that they were paying full time + benefits. And their team was "good" in my book. Most teams I meet are not, and I travel from companies to companies all the time.

> Population increased also

If this were really the problem, it would be pretty easy to solve... (HINT: this isn't really the problem!)

> Population increased also. And consumerism. And debt. And a lot of laws have been added.

These factors are irrelevant when compared with the fact that the active population essentially doubled since WW2 with women entering the workforce.

They also had to stay at home, at least middle class. Poorand blacks were in different situation anyway. And wen were completely dependent on men and f@cked when he died or got sick.