Sorry I've been incommunicado so far this week - I had a new business trip to Tampa yesterday and spent Monday prepping like crazy.
On the flight back last night, I read a great article in the current issue of Fortune. In the article, Geoffrey Colvin lays out the current economic and geopolitical situation facing the U.S. and how we are ill-prepared to maintain our world leadership in a future of globalization. It is a very good (if unsettling) articulation of the conventional wisdom/buzz in the business world today that the U.S.'s days as economic world leader may be numbered. The article also lays out some of the changes we need to make as a nation to reclaim a bright future.
As an aside (and as you can see on the Fortune cover), the article is illustrated with frames from the old "97-lb. weakling" advertisements that used to be in the backs of comic books in the 1970's (reworked to present the U.S. as the 97-lb. weakling and China as the beach bully). Unfortunately, the online version is not as richly illustrated as the hard copy so get access to a hard copy if you can.
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