Joulie

How We Lost Faith in the Financial Superstructure

Dmitri Kashirin - A job that can be done at a desk can be done at any desk. Here is a report by Rand for the US Dept. of Labor describing the labor pool for the next decade or so - the fastest growth area is in "knowledge workers" - I also thought it was interesting that in 2012, the average age of a US worker will be 59.5 y.o.:
www.rand.org/pubs/mono...

Of course factory floor jobs require on site workers, although I would query whether there will be alternatives to single individuals driving automobiles.

How We Lost Faith in the Financial Superstructure

Oil economic considerations are premised on difficult substitutions for liquid fuel for cars.

Yet, the true cross-elasticity for gas in the tank is the internet -- telecommuting.

This is the fastest, cheapest, and cleanest way to eliminate dependence on mid east oil.

We need to decide if cultural issues are so important that we have to devote most of our national resources to keeping people in their cars so they can drive to a desk downtown.