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...help workers, but have instead in the long term led to unemployment rates in most of Europe that are twice as high as those in the U.S. Engaging in protectionism in response to the rising fortunes of India and China would leave most of the world's people from rich countries and poor countries alike worse off in the long run. Not only does protectionism tend to backfire-to eventually cost jobs rather than to save them-but the global economy has already grown so interconnected that bashing China and making a scapegoat out of India could wind up hurting...
...Just when modern technology has dramatically speeded up the connections between East and West, between developing countries and the rich countries of the world, two nations with more than a billion people each have suddenly embraced capitalism and rejoined the world economy. Hundreds of millions of poor people have been lifted from desperate poverty as a result, and the West should not try to stop the rise of India and China. But the powerful, swift changes in the global economy will also trigger strong repercussions in the West. So nations such as the U.S. need to strive to create...
...Nobody can say with certainty where the rich world's future jobs will be found. Mostly due to offshoring, the U.S. has lost more than 1.1 million once coveted I.T. jobs in the past five years. On the other hand, since 2001, about 1.7 million new health-care industry jobs have been created. Perhaps the new jobs will be in nanotechnology, or in green engineering because of China's need to clean up its water and air. Many in the U.S. believe that growing income inequality will create a raft of service jobs to cater to the growing ranks...
...reality show about her family's new life. It is fair to say that her useful insights--"High heels are good because they really lengthen you out"--did not win over all viewers. The show, sniffed the New York Times, "tests the American market's seemingly insatiable demand for rich, idiotic It girls." But the real point of the Beckhams' arrival is that it solidifies the mutual love affair between British celebs...
...really quite remarkable. While strolling through a park on my first afternoon in Paris, I saw five couples making out in the span of five minutes. That has to set some sort of record. It seems that everyone in Paris gets some action. Young and old, rich and poor, gay and straight all flaunt their sexual satisfaction...