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Post by k on Jun 11, 2004 14:27:49 GMT -5
You hear so much moaning and whining from the media about a loss of manufacturing jobs. But is it that bad? We are moving into a service economy today. If people can move away from repetative jobs and into the service economy, then they will have better jobs. Societies move from agriculture to industry and on to service economy. Once people are freed from industrial jobs, they can fill service positions.
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Guarp
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Post by Guarp on Jun 11, 2004 16:33:27 GMT -5
You hear so much moaning and whining from the media about a loss of manufacturing jobs. ...... Once people are freed from industrial jobs, they can fill service positions. Well, people are in general not really freed from their industrial jobs. They get out by education. This service economy is also called a "knowledge economy". The point is that service jobs are mostly value creation instead of just adding a little bit of value by assembling: something the Asians have become very good at. But it's not just industrial jobs that seem to move abroad. Countries like India and China have increasingly grown stronger in area's like callcenterwork and software programming. And that's a real threat.. But also a good opportunity, as an increasing purchase power in those countries means more demand for hi-tech stuff and services from the developed countries in the long run.
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Post by botany on Jun 13, 2004 23:11:35 GMT -5
You hear so much moaning and whining from the media about a loss of manufacturing jobs. But is it that bad? We are moving into a service economy today. If people can move away from repetative jobs and into the service economy, then they will have better jobs. Societies move from agriculture to industry and on to service economy. Once people are freed from industrial jobs, they can fill service positions. Blah, blah, blah. I am a person who needs to work with my hands and have physical labor. I cannot stand the so-called "great" service jobs. They grate at my nerves, especially when so many people are actually not very grateful for the "service" you provide for them. Customers expect so much instant perfection because they never realize how much work actually goes into the product/service they receive because they are not actually performing any other useful service in life other than sitting at a desk in a cubicle pushing buttons on a keyboard. Ultimately, somebody has to perform the industrial tasks. Otherwise, we wouldn't have clothes, cars, furniture, houses, electricity, etc. Everything we take for granted in a service economy comes from industry!! I will take my appreciation of the working people any day over the "freed" service position. andy
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Post by no name on Jun 13, 2004 23:32:36 GMT -5
Well, specific job positions come and go, and societies have to adapt to their changing industries. I don't think this is a bad thing, but there will always be a need for physical labor in various areas.
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Post by inatent on Jun 14, 2004 22:35:44 GMT -5
You hear so much moaning and whining from the media about a loss of manufacturing jobs. But is it that bad? We are moving into a service economy today. If people can move away from repetative jobs and into the service economy, then they will have better jobs. Societies move from agriculture to industry and on to service economy. Once people are freed from industrial jobs, they can fill service positions. That's fine, as long as you don't mind living at a lower level. For me, losing my manufacturing services job and replacing it with a people services job cut my pay more than 80%, and that only after months applying for any kind of job I thought I could do, and getting no response of any kind! However, I remain in favor of an open economy even if it means someone in another country benefits at my expense. inatent
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