Ed Gordon marshals a vast amount of data to illustrate how various
trends are converging to create a labor vacuum—with potentially
disastrous consequences for economic competitiveness and individual
opportunity. He sounds a wake-up call to business leaders,
policymakers, educators, and concerned citizens, employees, and
parents—anyone with a stake in our economic future. Moreover, he
highlights innovative initiatives in training, education, and
community development in the United States and around the world
that can serve as models for positive action. Ultimately, The 2010
Meltdown is an optimistic book about social change, setting an
agenda for reforms in education, policy, and business investment
that will promote economic freedom, renewal, and prosperity. It's
the economy, stupid, is a refrain the United States will never live
down, and not without reason. The relentless march of technological
development and globalization continues to put pressure on all
national economies, providing opportunity for some and
marginalization for others. Around the world, nations will need to
overcome twin economic shocks: a wave of baby boomers will retire
and leave the workforce, while too few young, well-educated people
will be available to fill a rising tide of high-skill,
technology-related jobs. Ed Gordon marshals vast amounts of data to
illustrate how these trends are quickly converging, creating a
labor vacuum—with potentially disastrous consequences for
economic competitiveness and individual opportunity. In the United
States, for example, major studies agree that the majority of the
jobs now being created require skills possessed by only 20 percent
of the current workforce; meanwhile, a large pool of under-trained
workers are seeing their jobs exported to developing countries,
automated, or outsourced, while millions of high-paying jobs, in
such fields as engineering, computing, and health care are going
unfilled. In The 2010 Meltdown, Gordon sounds a wake-up call to
business leaders, policymakers, educators, and concerned citizens,
employees, and parents—anyone with a stake in our economic
future. Beyond the demographic issues, he notes that such cultural
factors as Wall Street's obsession with short-term results (which
favors cost-cutting over long-term training) and neglect of math
and science skills at school are contributing to a fundamental
mismatch between labor supply and demand. But the news is not all
grim. Gordon highlights innovative initiatives in training,
education, and community development in the United States and
around the world that can serve as models for positive action, and
he outlines a plan for reversing the destructive trends before we
reach a crucial crossroad by the year 2010. Ultimately, The 2010
Meltdown is an optimistic book about social change, setting an
agenda for reforms in education, policy, and business investment
that will promote economic freedom, renewal, and prosperity.
General
Imprint: |
Praeger Publishers Inc
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2005 |
First published: |
September 2005 |
Authors: |
Edward E. Gordon
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Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
288 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-275-98436-6 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-275-98436-2 |
Barcode: |
9780275984366 |
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