What We Think, What They Think

Americans have the tendency to only care about what we have to say about ourselves, our nation, and our economy.

It's useful from time-to-time to gain another perspective, though, by reading some newspapers abroad. For example, here's a link to what they're saying about the U.S. economy in the United Kingdom: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/useconomy Other counties' perspectives of the U.S. will surely gain more importance to us as the U.S. economy becomes more tied to the global marketplace.

It also brings to mind that developing nations in the world could very well take huge leaps forward by jumping over steps in our own evolution of things.

(Think: telegraph => telephone => wireless & cellular)

As a nation, we have had to evolve through the various technological advances in telecommunications, expending vast amounts of capital and effort towards infrastructure to support these now archaic methods. Developing nations can jump right to cell towers and never have to install the vast amount of copper and fiber lines that we have had to develop.
Americans may have blazed the path, but still have the R&D bill to show for it.

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This blog post by Chris Wathen was also published in his Linton, Indiana based Greene County Daily World blog entitled, "Riddle Me This".