Remember Andy Stern?

Former President of the SEIU and bad boy poster child (and pinata) of the anti union crowd, now works for Big Pharma. He's profiled in this piece at BeyondChron, which portrays him as a big fan of China's explosive state driven growth there, a blamer who notes the time of free markets is over, and by implication a tacit supporter of repressive working conditions. Go figure.

The worldwide value of femaleness

The Economist has an interesting Article not strictly employment related, but fascinating nevertheless. The Worldwide War on Baby Girls explores the consequences of China's one child policy, and the skewed birth statistics which have resulted. The issue is not limited to China as India and parts of the old Soviet Union have an increased disparity. By 2020 China may have 40 Million more males under 20 than it has females. Thats roughly as many as the entire United States population of males under twenty is estimated to be. The social consequences of millions of young men in a society unable to marry are mind boggling - increased crime rate for one. Will the theory of unintended consequences derail China's emergence as a worldwide economic superpower?

China dominates

This Forbes.com article notes a recent Pew survey found 44% of Americans believe China is the world's foremost economic superpower. Furthermore it goes on to explain why they are correct. James Fallows at the Atlantic thinks they are crazy.