Re: the first video. I noted the commentator's remark " Probably half the nation's workforce have contributed to the final production of these radios". Although that might be an exaggeration, it certainly indicates the huge and tenuous chain of supply - from basic, raw material right through to the finished article.
Of course, these days, "the nation's workforce" is out in the Far East.
An observation which neatly leads me on the the second lecture on World Economics.
I found that lecture very insightful. However I will make one observation: a key element of his lecture was about 'growth': growth of the economies of various countries and, in particular, the relative growth amongst them. I would submit that a key component of that growth - and the problems associated with it - are linked to the sum total of the world population and its inexorable growth. This topic he didn't address - which since it is such a delicate and sensitive topic, didn't surprise me. Nevertheless, considering the detail and depth that he did cover, a disguised reference to it would not have gone amiss - in my opinion.
Al.
Of course, these days, "the nation's workforce" is out in the Far East.
An observation which neatly leads me on the the second lecture on World Economics.
I found that lecture very insightful. However I will make one observation: a key element of his lecture was about 'growth': growth of the economies of various countries and, in particular, the relative growth amongst them. I would submit that a key component of that growth - and the problems associated with it - are linked to the sum total of the world population and its inexorable growth. This topic he didn't address - which since it is such a delicate and sensitive topic, didn't surprise me. Nevertheless, considering the detail and depth that he did cover, a disguised reference to it would not have gone amiss - in my opinion.
Al.
