Blueprint for Economy 2.0
So in terms of Economy 2.0, what’s a blueprint to guide us? I propose focusing on seven core sectors central to producing jobs and livability: education, energy, food, health, housing, products, and transportation. This probably isn’t new news (I like to repeat words in conversations so I might as well do it in the blog) to anyone. All of these are pretty straightforward except products. With two-thirds of the U.S. economy based on consumption, we need to make sure this sector stays strong while moving large multinationals from a focus on products to services, while at the same time helping local communities grow their small businesses and “local for local” manufacturing (for example, Portland, Oregon’s bike industry successes). Both of these deserve their own blog posts down the road…
March 18, 2009
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