Re: [tlug] (OT) The enigma of Japan (was: UNIX jobs on TLUG)

[JC Helary <brandelune@example.com>]

On jeudi 04 juin 09, at 13:00, Edward Middleton wrote:

> Well job mobility and financial security are two different things.
> Would his advice be better if he didn't have financial security?

I think the people depicted in "Nickel and Dimed" are more apt to  
discuss what "mobility" _really_ means.
Remember the thread about language and experience ? I don't see why  
that does not apply to the economy. Although I have no doubt that  
ending in a tenured position in a Japanese university is a proof of  
great mobility for a US (or other non-Japanese) citizen...
Besides, how does US "mobility" compare to other economies ? I'd be  
surprised to see such a gap in mobility stats. But then, the stats  
keep surprising me when it comes to offering "facts" to support bogus  
theories.
I am convinced that the US ability to recover from whatever crisis has  
nothing to do with mobility. I am convinced that has more to do with  
the world accepting to lend a huge amount of cash to the US since the  
end of the gold standard. I am convinced it has more to do with the  
fact that the US was not heavily touched by neither WWI nor WWII, and  
benefited greatly from doing business with both sides until that was  
not politically sustainable anymore (and even then...).
Jean-Christophe Helary