1960s: Affluent Americans have more money than ever before. The gross national product, the value of goods produced by the national workforce, increases almost 36 percent during the first half of the decade. Salaries increase about 20 percent during this same period.
Today: The United States uses about one-third of the world's raw materials consumed each year. This is five times the average consumption for l/15th of the earth's population.
1960s: Many cities continue to experience a rise in suburban development which began in the 1950s. Many middle-class whites flee from cities to the.....
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