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This does not mean that a third wave society stops producing the traditional goods of basic industry. It is an even greater industrial powerhouse than before; but now it manages to produce these goods with a relatively smaller and smaller proportion of the labor force. A good analogy is U.S. agriculture. Less than 100 years ago, a majority of the American labor force worked on farms for a living. Today U.S. farms are the most productive in the world, supplying not only the domestic market but the world market as well. But now less than 3% of the labor force works on farms. Mechanization and relatively large amounts of fertile land are only part of the reason for this. U.S. farmers are also many times more productive than earlier farmers because of information--whether in the design of equipment, fertilizers or hybrid seeds, or in advance knowledge of weather patterns transmitted by modern communications. |
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one easy way to solve this problem is to give long prison sentences to these guys.and put them in with the big boys,not in some minimum security prison.so i guess the 90's were the real decade of greed,huh?
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Back on the main subject: The good ol' solution to a falling economy is war. War is money and power for the few. The people accept all this, hiding their fears and the loss of their social standards in a cloak of patriotism. The more patriotism they have been fed with since childhood, the more sheepish they will be. As an example, when the post-911 recession was stricking, the american missile-makers were going through record performances. Not bad for the Bushes, since they all have thight connexions to the Carlisle group.
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Personaly I could care less about Enron , Worldcom or any of the rest of them. They are just victims of their own stupidity. The fat and lazy make for easy pickings in the real world. If you look at companys who have their shit together like Ford, Chevy , Sony, and Wal-Mart you will see companys that have been around for YEARS. The reason why they last has nothing to do with world economy or executive bonuses , it has to do with smart business practices. Things like spending less than you earn and not putting all your eggs in one basket.
All these companys going bankrupt is very similar to the dotcom fiasco. All thoes internet millionares went broke because even though they could make pretty web pages they were horrid at business. I wonder what they will do now? I wonder what the job market looks like for an over the hill overpaid ex CEO of a failed company?? Hopefully their familys are hideing all the guns and sleeping pills.Luckily for me my proffesion will always be in demand. I work as a chef and people will always need to eat. Maybe I should call up Enron and offer their CEO a job WASHING DISHES !!! MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
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Back on the main subject: The good ol' solution to a falling economy is war. War is money and power for the few. The people accept all this, hiding their fears and the loss of their social standards in a cloak of patriotism. The more patriotism they have been fed with since childhood, the more sheepish they will be. As an example, when the post-911 recession was stricking, the american missile-makers were going through record performances. Not bad for the Bushes, since they all have thight connexions to the Carlisle group.[/QUOTE]Um, since when is America feeding the world? You've got a massive trade deficit, - and it's been growing since the early 70s. The big subsidies (similar to the ones we have in Europe - ours were bigger, now yours are going to be bigger... ) have the effect of creating an unequal playing field, especially for the developing countries, whose farming efforts are not generally subsidised. The price of commodities world wide comes down - the developing countries cant compete. What price free markets?
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