QUOTE(ash tray @ Jul 4 2013, 12:11 AM)
the so-called 'service sector' is but a sandiwara
america and europe are in deep shit because precisely they have evolved their societies into "service-sector-centric"
who were the ones climbing up the ladder ?
countries like korea, taiwan, and china
countries which did not fall into the "service sector fallacy"
it's manufacturing and innovation that keeps a society going forward
not service sector
after all, there are only so many insurance salesman you can have, or you will end up everybody selling everybody elses insurance policies
service sector can only survive in the long run when your price is low.
what happened was Globalization.
I have a friend who opened a facebook page to help unemployed singaporean, and most of them is about 35 to 45 y/o range.
sad stories man, most of them used to get high salary and now cant even get a SGD3k job.
i remember that the west came out with 3D printer, lowest price about RM 100k, now can get as low as RM 3k from china.
One china climbing up the ladder, the whole world feels it