bicker%prl.decnet@SCFD.NWC.NAVY.MIL ("PRL::BICKER") (10/09/90)
>Does anyone have a solution? Or are we going to fall even further behind >in the world economy? > >--JRP [Joshua.R.Poulson@cyber.Widener.EDU] >"I'm a man that's good at saying disturbing things." >Widener University in no way is reponsible for what I say or do. A real solution would require a major change in the way the USA functions, the qualities of the population of the US and probably a change in the basic human animal. This and a massive amount of data suggests that the US is going to drop further relative to "the world". Forcasting accurately is nearly impossible but predicting trends is possible. Entropy always increases in the real world. cb
peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) (10/10/90)
As I have stated before, a free market always provides a level playing field. This, of course, is the last thing the U.S. wants... when you're on the top of the hill the last thing you want is a level playing field. The U.S. and the rest of the world are going to eventually equalise. This can only be held off by maximising the price that the U.S. gets for its raw materials. Which makes it ironic that so much U.S. policy is oriented around minimising the cost of raw materials... -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U` peter@ferranti.com