After 10,000 Years, Farming No Longer Dominates

Peter S. Magnusson writes "As reported widely in business and mainstream press, the ILO recently released world market employment statistics. Most outlets focused on US economic competitiveness vs. China and Europe. Few noticed the gem hidden away in the ILO report: for the first time since the invention of agriculture, farming is not the biggest sector of the global economy — services is. (Aggregate employment numbers often divide the economy into agriculture, industry, and services.) Workers are now moving directly from agriculture to services, bypassing the traditional route of manufacturing."

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Re:To me, the really sad thing is...

[bobcat7677]

...And thus begins mankind's shooting itself in it's foot. With less land being used to grow FOOD, you will see more and more situations like the skyrocketing tortilla prices in Mexico and general famines around the world. I don't care to go into details right now, but the "global economy" is destroying our food supply.

Services == Beurocracy

[Forge]

When labour is divided into Agriculture, Industry and Service: where do you put the Government burocracy? The Military? etc...

Services.

Now we have services, as the largest employer. Translation: More tax collectors and tax spenders worldwide :)

PS: Yes. I know the whole Slashdot crew is in the services sector. Stop nitpicking.