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... to recapture just the optimal amount of income and then get it into the hands of consumers so that there will be sufficient consumer demand to continue driving the economy Once the income has been ... resources, and, of course, the climate change effects associated with the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses Technology Production is also limited by the sophistication ofthe machines, ... system might be extended to the poorest regions ofthe world Attacking Poverty Most of us understand that there is a basic inequity in the fact that the vast majority ofthe world’s wealth resides...
... Amazon THE LIGHTS IN THE TUNNEL / 214 robots capable of assisting with careofthe elderly population The current consensus view seems to be that, as a result ofthe 2008-9 financial crisis (and ... nursing Therefore, in considering the overall impact of machine automation, the important criterion is not the number of workers available but the types of jobs that can be automated To the extent ... dark The entrepreneurs and business owners in the tunnel are responding to the rapidly increasing demand As the number of lights continues to increase, the speed with which panels are updated and...
... centrally planned economy, and perhaps most chillingly, the overthrow of governments and a “dictatorship ofthe proletariat.” In the wake ofthe collapse of communism, these ideas have been shown ... between Switzerland’s EPFL (one of Europe’s top technical universities) and IBM, is one such effort to simulate the workings ofthe brain Once researchers gain an understanding ofthe basic operating ... Paperback/Kindle available @ Amazon THE LIGHTS IN THE TUNNEL / 244 man judge The other participants are another person and a machine—both of whom attempt to convince the judge that they are human by conducting...
... quickly attracted the notice ofthe Securities and Exchange Commission and may result in newregulation As these examples show, we can expect that the rate of change andthe volatility of nearly everything ... facing down, or with the lenses up Or perhaps the glasses are open with the lenses oriented vertically Or maybe one side ofthe glasses is open andthe other closed And, of course, the glasses could ... thousands of lawyers who rarely, if ever, go into a courtroom These attorneys are employed in the areas of legal research and contracts They work at law firms and spend much of their time in the...
... our food—all of these and countless thousands of other structures and chemicals that comprise our bodies and make us function are proteins And they are all constructed through nanotechnology It ... workers and a flattening of organizational charts that will eliminate large numbers of middle managers (The impact of automation will, of course, be in addition to that of offshoring.) Many of these ... available @ Amazon THE LIGHTS IN THE TUNNEL / 84 sions about the people in front of her, judging things like their attire, whether they seem impatient, their importance and their preferred times...
... with the general value of assets As people work throughout their careers they save for retirement The majority of this goes into stocks and bonds, often via 401(k) plans When these people then ... this projection, then the ramifications for the rest ofthe world will be enormous In the West, we look to the impending economic might of China with mixed emotions On the one hand, we worry about ... with the number of retired persons in most countries, and second the number of workers (and the wages they are willing to accept) in developing nations like China as compared with the number of...
... (1) Some ofthe income accrues to the owners and managers ofthe business, and (2) some ofthe income is redirected to the consumers ofthe business’s products or services in the form of lower ... given up half of everything he had, if he could have been certain of retaining the other half of his fortune under the rule of law Clearly, the risks are very real, not just for the bulk of people ... stream of income into the hands of consumers, and as we have seen, that is absolutely essential in order to create sustained demand for mass market products and services and therefore drive the...
... Amazon THE LIGHTS IN THE TUNNEL / 214 robots capable of assisting with careofthe elderly population The current consensus view seems to be that, as a result ofthe 2008-9 financial crisis (and ... nursing Therefore, in considering the overall impact of machine automation, the important criterion is not the number of workers available but the types of jobs that can be automated To the extent ... dark The entrepreneurs and business owners in the tunnel are responding to the rapidly increasing demand As the number of lights continues to increase, the speed with which panels are updated and...
... quickly attracted the notice ofthe Securities and Exchange Commission and may result in newregulation As these examples show, we can expect that the rate of change andthe volatility of nearly everything ... facing down, or with the lenses up Or perhaps the glasses are open with the lenses oriented vertically Or maybe one side ofthe glasses is open andthe other closed And, of course, the glasses could ... thousands of lawyers who rarely, if ever, go into a courtroom These attorneys are employed in the areas of legal research and contracts They work at law firms and spend much of their time in the...
... our food—all of these and countless thousands of other structures and chemicals that comprise our bodies and make us function are proteins And they are all constructed through nanotechnology It ... workers and a flattening of organizational charts that will eliminate large numbers of middle managers (The impact of automation will, of course, be in addition to that of offshoring.) Many of these ... available @ Amazon THE LIGHTS IN THE TUNNEL / 84 sions about the people in front of her, judging things like their attire, whether they seem impatient, their importance and their preferred times...
... with the general value of assets As people work throughout their careers they save for retirement The majority of this goes into stocks and bonds, often via 401(k) plans When these people then ... this projection, then the ramifications for the rest ofthe world will be enormous In the West, we look to the impending economic might of China with mixed emotions On the one hand, we worry about ... with the number of retired persons in most countries, and second the number of workers (and the wages they are willing to accept) in developing nations like China as compared with the number of...
... distribution of incomes in the United States and then eliminate both the richest andthe poorest people Then graph the average income ofthe remaining “typical” people (the bulk of consumers) over time ... but also often mired in bureaucracy In the midst of this, India has an isolated island of enormous growth and prosperity: its software and offshoring industries India will face exactly the same ... of taxes just as they currently: (1) They would pay a gross margin tax instead ofthe current payroll tax, and (2) they would continue to pay the normal business income tax Consider some of the...