首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The unprecedented U. S. economic boom of the last half of the 1990s was propelled by investment in digital technology. Investors
The unprecedented U. S. economic boom of the last half of the 1990s was propelled by investment in digital technology. Investors
admin
2012-06-18
19
问题
The unprecedented U. S. economic boom of the last half of the 1990s was propelled by investment in digital technology. Investors sank billions of dollars into dot-com startups. Billions more were invested to solve the Y2K problem. Conversion to the euro required still more billions. Together, these star-aligned events delivered an enormous economic stimulus. (1)
Between 1998 and 2000 .capital spending’s share of the economy was 23 percent higher than at the start of the’90s -- and 18 percent higher than today. The weakened e-conomy of the past three years represents the inevitable payback for that abnormal bulge.
(2)
The good news is that the present economic softness has been cushioned by new technology.
Sophisticated information systems have allowed companies to manage inventories more efficiently. Today, aggregate nonfarm inventories in the United States, when measured against final sales, are 30 percent lower than the average for the past 40 years. So routine pullbacks in consumer spending should no longer be followed by severe inventory corrections, which worsen recessions. In fact, the brief, eight-month recession from March to November 2001 is the shortest of the nine recessions since World War II.
(3)
The bad news is that companies are using new technology to displace higher-cost human effort.
In-deed, annual productivity is increasing by 2 percent, the economy is growing at 3 percent and the stock market is recovering, but unemployment is at 6 percent Granted, that’s below the average rate of 7 percent from 1979 to 1994, but it’s above the 5 percent average of the past nine years. (4)
As consumers, we appreciate the lower-cost, higher-quality goods coming from both U. S. and overseas sources. As shareholders, we applaud better corporate returns. But as wage earners, we are distressed at job insecurity and losses.
(5)
Given the unrelenting pressure on businesses to reduce costs to remain competitive, given the power of new technologies to displace workers, and given the lure of lower-labor-cost nations for offshore production and services, how can unemployment be minimized while the overall economy grows?
The only long-run solution is innovation. Innovative products and services are essential to generate new businesses and jobs so the economy can grow at the pace needed to absorb available labor: 4 to 5 percent New work will require retraining because new businesses are likely to be heavily dependent on knowledge workers;there will be a premium on education. Whatever might be the new technologies that will stimulate economic expansion, they will depend on an educated work force. America must have the social and political will to address the educational demands of this high-technology-driven era.
选项
答案
各行业不断降低成本以提高竞争力、新技术导致工人失业、国内投资者趋于向劳动力廉价的国家投资商品生产和提供技术支持,面对这样的情况,我们如何才能既保持经济总体增长又将失业率降至最低?
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/YAnO777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
Therealizationthatthemosteconomicallysignificantsanctionscannotsurviveposesanewdanger:thateffectivesanctionswil
Computersmayonedayturnnightintoday-withgoodold,naturalsunlight.Giantcomputer-controlledmirrors,thousandsoff
Computersmayonedayturnnightintoday-withgoodold,naturalsunlight.Giantcomputer-controlledmirrors,thousandsoff
Computersmayonedayturnnightintoday-withgoodold,naturalsunlight.Giantcomputer-controlledmirrors,thousandsoff
Computersmayonedayturnnightintoday-withgoodold,naturalsunlight.Giantcomputer-controlledmirrors,thousandsoff
Computersmayonedayturnnightintoday-withgoodold,naturalsunlight.Giantcomputer-controlledmirrors,thousandsoff
Nowthepublichasanunprecedentedchancetopeerovertheshouldersofarchaeologistsandhistoriansandgetafirsthandlook
Ifwedonotadoptanymeasurestoprotecttigers,theywillbe______inthecountryinnearfuture.
Itwasallagreedthatthefirstproblemthenewgovernmentwouldhaveto______wasunemployment.
目前,越来越多的外语教师已不满足于只当一名“教书匠”,而在教书育人的同时搞一些科研工作。搞科研就需要掌握一些科研方法,其中很重要的一种方法就是懂得并掌握一些必要的统计方法,以便能够对所获得的数据进行分析、处理,并以此为根据进行科学的推断或决策。
随机试题
Themaninblueis______father.
油菜的抗病品种和感病品种属于()
女性,58岁,停经6年后,阴道不规则出血2个月。妇科检查,子宫体积增大,如孕两个月大。刮宫取子宫内膜送病理检查,诊断为中分化子宫内膜腺癌。不符合其组织学改变的是
有关SARS患者外周血象的描述,错误的是
固冲汤的功用是
温热病症见壮热烦渴、汗出、脉洪大等气分实热证,其首选药对为
厂级安全生产教育培训的重点培训内容包括()。
想象是指在原有经验的基础上创造新形象的思维活动。按照想象是否受意志控制,可分为随意想象和不随意想象。不随意想象的特点是把各种印象和信息离奇、突然、有时是无意义地组合在一起。随意想象是把各种印象和信息自觉控制、有目的、经过意志的努力呈现出需要的场景。根据上述
会议营销,就是企业通过各种途径收集消费者的资料,经过分析、整理后建立数据库,然后从中筛选出所要针对的目标消费者,运用组织会议的形式,并结合各种不同的促销手段,进行有针对性的销售的一种营销模式。是直接针对目标人群进行的营销模式,减少了广告宣传的盲目性和不确定
【1】【5】
最新回复
(
0
)