Bill Bradley Quotes
Driven by globalization and technology our country and our economy is becoming different every day.
William W. Bradley, U.S. Senator (Democrat, NJ), Candidate for Democratic Presidential Nomination, Campaign Speech, New Hampshire, January 25, 2000
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The changes he wrought were many and profound and were rejected years later when his party was voted out of office so markedly that the only retained 2 seats in the parliament and lost their status as an official Canadian party.
His view was that the major driver of globalization is communications and information which travel at light speed.
At the time Vidal, who shared this view with many economists, had no inkling of the digital revolution that the PC and Internet would bring, nor the other phenomena that eliminated the need for cheap labor — robotics and offshoring. Nor could he have foreseen the development of fracking making America virtually energy independent as it was before WWII. It appears that the problem has shifted from Vidal's issues, to that of what do we do with the American citizens who do not have advanced skills nor do we have methods of educating them and training them to this level. The quotation illustrates that it is always difficult predicting the future, but particularly hazardous when it comes to economics.
William Warren Bradley is an American politician and former professional basketball player. He served three terms as a Democratic U.S. Senator from New Jersey (1979–1997). He ran for the Democratic Party's nomination for president in the 2000 election, which he lost to Vice President Al Gore.
