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Originally Posted by smooth
Opie, I have no idea what you are referring to when you claim we are moving toward a brokerage economy--that's news to me. My understanding is that service oriented jobs are here for the run, but I don't know what a brokerage job would look like, so maybe we would agree after explication.
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This is my theory - that we'll move to a brokerage economy. I don't know precisely how that will manifest itself, but it is the next logical step. The business of negotiating and creating deals, purchases and sales. The Enron economy without the corruption (well, atleast not as obvious as the corruption at Enron). It is the optimization of distribution.
Service is moving away. If you look at the product development industry, the engineering and design is going to Asia. If you look at the technical support industry, India. Service is going away because the tools, manpower and infrastructure costs associated with it are cheaper outside the U.S. Which is exactly what happened to manufacturing.
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People don't respond to Ustwo's claims regarding tort reform probably for two reasons: he claims to be an expert on the issue already and isn't going to change his mind, and the issue as he explained it is hyperbole.
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Indeed.