That assumes that the US hasn't eaten its seed corn and plowed up its industrial pathways which many are arguing has/is in fact taking place with the assault on the education system at all levels, erosion of labour quality (health and social benefits), and destruction of the local innovation system through a drastic skewing of rewards to those who have and a way from those who have not but aspire with limited resources... M
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Keith Hudson Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 10:51 AM To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION,EDUCATION Subject: Re: [Futurework] IEEE Spectrum: "Jobless Innovation?" It's jobless innovation in more ways than one. Every time a new product is designed or a new assembly plant is built then more automation is built into it. China already has its own growing unemployment. When workers' wages rise high enough (in four/five years?) there'll be Chinese corporations making products in America just as we already have Japanese and Korean manufacturers in the UK. The present export of Apple jobs is only a relatively temporary blip. Meanwhile, American customers will be benefiting from cheaper iPads than if made in the US and American pension funds will be benefiting from Apple's profits. Keith At 09:27 18/04/2011 -0400, you wrote: Subject: [ PFIR ] IEEE Spectrum: "Jobless Innovation?" IEEE Spectrum: "Jobless Innovation?" (IEEE) "The decline in jobs and wages occurred, all the more shockingly, alongside the revival of Silicon Valley as a global innovation center. Not only did the area spawn major new companies, such as Twitter and Facebook, but it also saw a startling series of victories by Apple in the new arenas of the iPod, then the iPhone, and most recently the iPad. And yet despite achieving stunning dominance in smartphones and tablet computers, Apple today employs 10 workers in China for every worker in the United States." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org <http://www.pfir.org/> Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org <http://www.nnsquad.org/> - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org <http://www.gctip.org/> - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com <http://www.vortex.com/> Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com <http://lauren.vortex.com/> Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Google Buzz: http://j.mp/laurenbuzz Quora: http://www.quora.com/Lauren-Weinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com Keith Hudson, Saltford, England http://allisstatus.wordpress.com/2011/04/
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