The main reason why Liu Lang wrote the book "Out of Control" was to let more people discuss the issues in his book. Of course, in this era, even if people discuss the issues in the book, it is just for entertainment, not for fun.
Really treat it as a social problem, but I believe it will also provide them with a different thinking model to prepare them. When that era really comes, everyone will find that Liu Lang saw this problem twenty years ago.
, that is the highest state of "pretending".
Professor Wilson has also begun to study computers in recent years. It is impossible not to do research. Today, the computer industry in the United States is getting bigger and bigger, with more than 300,000 personal computers sold every year. Four years ago, this number was only 50,000.
That is to say, in just four years, computer sales have increased sixfold. According to relevant data tables
Tomorrow, the sales of computers in the United States will exceed 500,000 units this year and approach 1 million units next year. If it continues to develop at this rate, it will not be a problem to exceed 100 million units in ten years. If it reaches this scale, there is no doubt that the computer industry will
It has become the largest industry in the United States and plays a decisive role in the U.S. economy.
Professor Wilson is an economist and is not very familiar with the computer industry. However, when the computer industry has begun to affect human society, it is necessary to study it. He also has many friends and students who are engaged in the computer industry. Those who are closest to the water will get the better.
These people can get first-hand information from their mouths.
Many national strategic institutions are developing related technologies. Even Harvard University has received relevant national funds for project research and development. What conclusions can be drawn by bringing this information together? That is what Liu Lang said in "Digital Survival"
The time of prophecy has arrived.
Professor Wilson could not lag behind, and began to study this book. The more he studied, the more interesting it became. As a result, he became half a computer fan in a few years.
Of course, as a computer fan, he just thought that the book "Digital Survival" was really well written, especially the predictions beyond imagination that were amazing. As for the technology, he didn't know it and couldn't learn it.
Now Liu Lang took out another book, "Out of Control", and after flipping through a few pages, he found that this book was even deeper than "Digital Survival". It was obvious that Liu Lang's thoughts had evolved again.
It's hard to imagine that Liu Lang could "understand" such a profound truth in a backward place like China. It seems that his way of thinking is completely different from others. Ordinary people's thinking about a problem is affected by objective factors. Such people
He talks about facts and makes sense, but Liu Lang's thinking is completely subjective, and what he writes is far-fetched and full of imagination.
If this kind of imagination were applied to others, he would be a science fiction novelist, but it is completely different when applied to Liu Lang. The book "The Third Industrial Wave" was written five years ago, and five years have passed.
, the predictions in Liu Lang's book have begun to come true gradually, especially the discussion about China is completely correct. This huge country is developing at an unimaginable speed and has become a force that cannot be ignored in the world.
Wilson handed the manuscript of "Out of Control" to his assistant Louis Wang. After several years of experience, this young man who was depressed at the time has grown into an outstanding associate professor and has written two papers, both of which were published in the United States' most prestigious journals.
In the top magazine, Professor Wilson was very optimistic about him and felt that this young man could inherit his legacy and recommended him to become a researcher at the National Institute of Economic Research.
The National Institute of Economic Research is an unofficial agency under the U.S. Department of Trade and Economics. It is mainly responsible for formulating the country's economic development. Professor Wilson is the deputy director of this institute. He has a semi-public official status and can directly see the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Economic and Trade.
Anyone who joins this institute will be exposed to many core secrets. Of course, the premise is that you are really capable. This also proves Professor Wilson's high regard for Louis Wang.
Louis Wang is very proud now, but he still behaves well when he sees Liu Lang. From a personal point of view, he would not be where he is today without Liu Lang, so Liu Lang is his benefactor. In terms of social status, Liu Lang has achieved
His achievements as a researcher were not comparable to that of him. Is Professor Wilson great? Wouldn't he still have to meet Liu Lang in person to write a book? Moreover, Liu Lang was really capable, and a manuscript made Professor Wilson extremely happy.
Liu Lang and Professor Wilson talked a lot, mostly about the U.S. economy. In recent years, the U.S. economy has shrunk somewhat, and the local economy has continued to be sluggish. The most obvious one is the automobile industry, where many car companies are experiencing operating difficulties.
The reason is very simple. The cost of labor in the United States is very high. This is of course a good thing and a symbol of the country's prosperity. However, the cost is very troublesome for enterprises. What enterprises pursue is profit. If the cost is high, the profit will be low, and it will take a long time.
No one can stand it.
There are many ways to solve the cost problem, such as reducing employees and lowering wages. This is the simplest, but the state and the employee unions do not agree. The employment rate is an important indicator of the country. It is not good to let companies continue to do it for no reason. The employee unions
Of course, they won't agree. Maybe they will go on strike collectively, and then everyone will break up.
These two methods can only provide indicators but not cure the root cause. The key to reducing costs is to improve productivity. The mechanization in the United States is already at the top level in the world. If we want to improve productivity, we must start to develop towards information integration. The United States is transitioning to this aspect, but this
It takes time and cannot be solved in a short time.
There is another direction that can quickly reduce production costs, which is the internationalization and globalization mentioned in Liu Lang's "Third Industry Wave", which transfers a large amount of industrial production to low-cost places, so that the cost will be reduced a lot at once.
Nike has this model. It does not build any factories in the United States. It produces everything in China and employs local residents. The labor costs alone are more than ten times lower than those in the United States.
Another benefit of doing this is to expand the market, expand the market and increase the number of products, which is also a way to increase profits.
Now the American economic circle is also discussing this issue. The party represented by Wilson strongly supports globalization, market expansion, industrial transfer, etc. Basically, it is what is said in the "Third Industrial Wave", and companies also hope that this is the case.
However, the U.S. labor unions disagree and feel that doing so will cause the country's industrial workers to lose their jobs, which is unacceptable.
Of course, the people in the labor union only focus on the present. The so-called unemployment actually does not exist. Liu Lang's "The Third Industrial Wave" also makes it clear that the tertiary industry will become the largest economic growth point. Those industrial workers only need to
There will be plenty of opportunities if you change careers.
Professor Wilson is a strong supporter of the tertiary industry, and many economists are like him. However, some people in the United States are still opposed to this. They feel that the world economy cannot be supported by retreat industries such as the tertiary industry. Both parties
They all have supporters, namely the two major political parties in the United States.
Internationalization and globalization are supported by the Democratic Party, while those who do not support it are the Republican Party. Anyway, the two parties are opposed to each other, because Liu Lang's book "The Third Industry Wave" is very famous and has been the best-selling book in the United States in recent years.
Economic books and periodicals, so experts and politicians from both fields always cited certain passages from this book when debating with each other, and Liu Lang became famous in the ears of those politicians.