Almost 80% of US workers live from paycheck to paycheck. Here's why | Robert Reich

America doesn't have a jobs crisis. It has a 'good jobs' crisis - where too much employment is insecure, and poorly paid

The official rate of unemployment in America has plunged to a remarkably low 3.8%. The Federal Reserve forecasts that the unemployment rate will reach 3.5% by the end of the year.

But the official rate hides more troubling realities: legions of college grads overqualified for their jobs, a growing number of contract workers with no job security, and an army of part-time workers desperate for full-time jobs. Almost 80% of Americans say they live from paycheck to paycheck, many not knowing how big their next one will be.

Starting in the 1980s and with increasing ferocity since then, private-sector employers have fought against unions

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