This Washington Post article explains that we are losing professional, scientific jobs to Asian countries, particularly China. One reason is the sheer numbers, but also because of massive Asian governments' investment in education and research.
I believe there is a lesson here for the US government with respect to measures considered for reducing the budget deficit - do not reduce spending on education or research! It is just these areas that are integral to economic growth for our country. The good news is that the article also says US workers are more productive. Highly productive well educated scientists coupled with research dollars can produce innovations that could be the key to our future economic success!
Note should be taken that math and science are primary areas for educational investment. As the article points out, we need only so many generalists; and we need more specialists in the areas of technology and science. One of my pet positions is that everyone should know their multiplication facts and that's only scratching the service of this iceberg!
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