It's election time and people are caught up in the details of electoral politics. This Simon Letch image is the reason why I'll be turning my back on the Coalition and bidding them adieu:

It's Quarry Australia. Australia's future lies in becoming an information society along these lines ---- Robert Reich's The Work of Nations: Preparing Ourselves for 21st Century Capitalism.

Another review.
Some comments can be found on this post at public opinion

Reich argues in "The Work of Nations "that growing involvement with the world economy is one of the great changes of our time. He says that we are witnessing the end of "national economies, at least as we have come to understand that concept."

Reich argues that in a world without economic borders all people will rise or fall to their market values; the skilled and talented will prosper, while the uneducated and unskilled will not. In his view, then, the "work" of a nation is to improve the skills of its people so that they will flourish in this new world order.

The better educated we are, the better off we will be as a nation. Who can dispute that?

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