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After the war, we were a fordist economy built around the mass production of consumer durables, union recognition and heavy government involvement in arbitration.
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In the 1970s, we moved to a post-fordist model of international outsourcing, technological innovation and the emergence of the knowledge worker class.
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In the 1970s, we moved to a post-fordist model of international outsourcing, technological innovation and the emergence of the knowledge worker class.
Tom Silva: The Coming Export Boom Tom Silva 2010
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After the war, we were a fordist economy built around the mass production of consumer durables, union recognition and heavy government involvement in arbitration.
Tom Silva: The Coming Export Boom Tom Silva 2010
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But I would have to suggest that local control of data centers may be a new strategy, but it seems to me that it would need to be in conjunction with a return to a certain fordist regulatory system, where government bodies assure the distribution of wealth and the prevention of monopolies.
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