Edward Glaeser has a column in the NY Times blogs discussing green jobs. This is a surprise? The exporting of manufacturing jobs for established products has been going on for years. Peter Drucker wrote extensively about it in his book Managing for the Future.
We can decide to develop IP or we can decide to manufacture products already developed. I believe there is an advantage to IP, and we should focus on math and engineering to maintain our standing as an economic power.
Maybe the real lesson from he massacre is that we can’t ever legislate safety.
How many laws does it take to keep guns away from criminals and the mentally infirmed? All that you can pass?
While passing laws may make the politicians feel good about doing something, perhaps, they need to resist the urge next time. Remember, there is nothing that can stop the firm resolve of a person. This can be for the good or the bad.
Maybe citizens will begin to understand that legislation does not solve problems, and they will stop looking towards politicians to solve whatever ails them. People, not legislation, solve their own problems.
Daniel Oliver has a great article on Forbes wherein he likens the late 1960s today. He goes on to document some of the similarities between those times and today and the outcomes from the monetary policies of the time. All anecdotal to be sure. However, many of us have been saying for the last 10 years that the path the federal government is on will lead us to economic ruin. Well, I don’t think we’re too far away from that day. Keep an eye on commodity prices.
Finally, Nancy has be dethroned. Her tenure will go down in history as the worst of all time. During her reign of terror over the U.S., we have witnessed the greatest decline of our country’s power, wealth and fortitude.
Hopefully, this mark the end of the chickification of our society, and our nation will again grow a backbone.