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The Engine of US Jobs
eberta writes, "BusinessWeek has an interesting take on the US job situation, What's Really Propping Up The Economy. I think many of us have felt the US tech job market was stagnant and this article has insights into why this economy is so hot, yet not from our perspective. The spoiler is the business of health care — which will come as no surprise to anybody who has looked through the help wanted section lately. BusinessWeek has some opinions on how IT should play a bigger role in the health care industry."
Over here (UK) I read time and time again that the US economy is currently being built on in unsustainable ways and that it could crash and burn any time. Add in that all the overseas oil is purchased by creating debt (effectively printing a bunch of money to buy it) and that said debt is being bought up by ther Chinese by the ton that we now have the position that China could effectively pull the rug on the US at any time but obviously, its not currently in their interests to do so. It does give them some leverage though. Lots of inetresting stuff to be found in magazines like The Economist etc.
I want a list of atrocities done in your name - Recoil
If the USA stopped starting wars all over the planet they might save some money for more constructive things. And it saves on healthcare too, not having to fix up all those wounded soldiers.