Not if, but how: Thurow offers tips on globalization

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[maui_hawaii]

Nearly a quarter century ago, Lester C. Thurow warned in "The Zero-Sum Society" that the stagnant US economy would have to make painful structural changes to preserve growth and rising living standards. Now he is making a similar argument about the global economy in a new book, "Fortune Favors the Bold."

[Desert88]

"To remain uneducated is not a permissable individual choice"

A glimpse of the future? I wonder what other individual choices will not be permitted in Thurow's global state?

[sarcasm]

We will, of course, need a World Government to manage this brave new world.

[maui_hawaii]

I don't know about any 'world government' but if ours doesn't get on the ball, we will definately end up with the short end of the stick.

[sarcasm]

Robert Bartley. WSJ, I think the nation-state is finished

[Lessismore]

I wonder what other individual choices will not be permitted in Thurow's global state?

Idleness -- the successful society not only educates every person to the limits of their intellect, but also motivates them to achievement and success. This is best done through psychological means, such as modern managerial psychology, advertising, informational media, psychotropic pharmaceuticals, etc., rather than coercion.

From each according to his abilities ...