A small country that uses automation to its advantage to become a global leader at producing a product can see its advantage wiped away in an instant by a tariff or the threat of a tariff.
It is perverse to think a small country can be a world leader...it never was that way and it never will be that way. The USA can only remain the most powerful country in the world if its population is relatively close to China and India.
And we don’t just need degreed immigrants - we have a service economy that allows our brightest people to focus on what they do best.
It is perverse to think a small country can be a world leader...it never was that way and it never will be that way. Such a doctrinaire maxim declared with such certainty now and forever. Let's see how the maxim works out in the real world:
Ranking of world's largest trading countries: 1) China 2) USA 3) Germany 4) Japan 13 India 29) Indonesia.
#3) Germany population is equivalent to 1.07% of the total world population
#4) Japan population is equivalent to 1.62% of the total world population
#13) India population is equivalent to 17.7% of the total world population.
#29) Indonesia population is equivalent to 3.51% of the total world population.
It appears that perversity is breaking out all over the world.
