Thursday, June 02, 2005

Ignorance in USA

Most often we hear that how ignorant the people of USA are about the rest of the world. There world starts and ends in USA itself. But then a detailed analysis would make it clear that it is not their fault. For centuries USA has been the bastion for all the economic progress and great industries. Due to the helpful laws and transparent system the industries thrived there. You have all the great management institutes there having a heavily biased USA based study material. They should not be blamed either as there were hardly any growth outside USA when these institutes were getting formed and it was quite obvious that the whole management business became pro USA. But time has changed now. USA is seeing a metamorphosis unseen in its history. People are forced to give away their jobs to lower wages country. Now they have suddenly realized that the tunnel vision they had about the rest of the world is detrimental to their existence. There are fewer enrollments in their MBA and MS courses as people from China and India who were the biggest numbers are finding quality education in their own country. The challenge for USA is to gear up for this change. Rather getting blinded by the obvious it needs to show the world that it still has the depth and potential to be cynosure for investments and education. The road is tough ahead but I am sure USA will tread it and will come out as a winner.

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