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In article <BztyEy.Crz@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes:
> The US economy might be growing in dollar terms, but not in real terms
|> per capita.  And one does not benefit if others catch up at one's
|> expense.

If others catch up, then they can work together with us instead of playing
catch up. If others never made a single step to catch up, I suppose we would
benefit?

|> Academic salaries are lower in real terms now than 20 years ago, and 
|> the research which drives the future is being curtailed.  The emphasis
|> on short-term practical results is a vain attempt to keep a reasonable
|> position, and will soon backfire.

I think people should be trained to make research results practical. Also,
research reports should facilitate such efforts. Then those who are inclined
to do research can get a chance to do research without having to worry so
much about making their results practical.
 
|> The US now has more government jobs than manufacturing.  The universities
|> are catering to the ignoramuses coming out of the high schools, and standards
|> are just about dead.

I reflect on my public school. I think the teachers need to do much better.
They are too afraid students won't work on their own. However, they offered
little motivation to students to work. Students just followed rules to get
marks. They didn't have their hearts in work.

>Consider China.  The private sector there will grow more than 20% this
>year, and exceed the size of the public sector; aggregate GNP growth
>will be in double digits.  At current growth rates, China's GNP could
>exceed the entire OECD's by the year 2010.  The per capita GNP could
>reach current US levels within a generation, at current rates of
>growth.

|> Does the world have enough resources for this?

We must wait and see. Be more efficient. That's an order.

|> As I have often said
|> that I consider the US substantially overpopulated for the available
|> resources available to us, what will happen when China attempts to 
|> get 4 times as much of them?

-- 

Henry Choy
choy@cs.usask.ca

"The Log Song", from Ren & Stimpy
 
   "What rolls down stairs alone or in pairs
    Rolls over your neighbor's dog?
    What's great for a snack and fits on your back?
    It's Log, Log, Log!
 
    It's Log, Log, it's big, it's heavy, it's wood.
    It's Log, Log, it's better than bad, it's good!
    Everyone wants a log! You're gonna love it, Log!
    Come on and get your log! Everyone needs a Log!"