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Old 09-17-2016, 07:20 AM  
Paul Markham
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Life wasn't so great in 1966 I was 11 yrs old and have perfect recall.


HBR -- HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL SURVEY ON U.S. COMPETITIVENESS
There's a very significant portion in that article.

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Today, a defining feature of America’s situation is the lack of shared prosperity: working and middle-class citizens are struggling, while those with advanced skills are thriving.
It's 100% right but left out something very important. The percentage with those skills is small and getting smaller. Eventually, it will hit those people's core markets. Then unless you're making something the Elite need. You're screwed. Consider the Chinese already build some of the most advanced products.

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Where you are on the ''food chain'' and your educational level and skill level has a lot to do with your trajectory ...



$100 in 1977 is worth $400 today
$100 in 1990 is worth $185 today
$100 in 2000 is worth $140 today

Are you behind the curve -- and why?
If you are trying to compete with 1 billion people globally with no edge -- you are fucked.
Growth rates are in a very narrow segment of occupations and wages are much higher in larger and traded businesses.


Job creation with the other charts shows the jobs being created are low paid. These charts are changing as we speak so consider where they will be in 10 years.

The next post shows how Corporate America and the rich want things to progress.

Who will they sell to when no one can afford their prices? That's what the world was like 150 years ago. Watch Downton Abbey? And similar dramas.
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