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10-19-2010, 12:24 PM

(10-19-2010, 11:58 AM)Jester Wrote: The "quintessential" American products you want to keep in the country are making things like Google and Intel, Boeing and Pfizer. Research and development. High value added. Those things pay good money.

Agreed, however...

Quote:Making Reeboks is generally only attractive to people making less than even the poorest decile of American workers.

-Jester

The key word there is 'workers'. There really are many people who are qualified, by ability and/or education (or lack thereof) only to work at such jobs and those jobs are not there anymore. Such people are not 'workers'. I perceive that as a problem.

And you may call it righteousness
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.

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The Great Divergence - by ShadowHM - 09-16-2010, 07:37 PM

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RE: The Great Divergence - by Jester - 09-17-2010, 12:24 AM

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RE: The Great Divergence - by --Pete - 09-16-2010, 09:38 PM

RE: The Great Divergence - by Maitre - 09-17-2010, 03:29 PM

RE: The Great Divergence - by kandrathe - 09-17-2010, 05:51 PM

RE: The Great Divergence - by --Pete - 09-17-2010, 08:27 PM

RE: The Great Divergence - by kandrathe - 09-17-2010, 08:35 PM

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RE: The Great Divergence - by Jester - 09-16-2010, 11:00 PM

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RE: The Great Divergence - by Jester - 09-17-2010, 01:02 AM

RE: The Great Divergence - by kandrathe - 09-17-2010, 01:13 AM

RE: The Great Divergence - by Jester - 09-17-2010, 08:37 AM

RE: The Great Divergence - by ShadowHM - 09-17-2010, 11:56 AM

RE: The Great Divergence - by Jester - 09-17-2010, 12:58 PM

RE: The Great Divergence - by ShadowHM - 09-17-2010, 02:41 PM

RE: The Great Divergence - by Jester - 09-17-2010, 03:46 PM

RE: The Great Divergence - by kandrathe - 09-18-2010, 04:01 PM

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RE: The Great Divergence - by ShadowHM - 10-19-2010, 12:24 PM

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RE: The Great Divergence - by --Pete - 10-19-2010, 04:16 PM

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RE: The Great Divergence - by ShadowHM - 10-23-2010, 01:57 PM

RE: The Great Divergence - by Zenda - 10-19-2010, 08:55 PM

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