1) A lot of attention was placed on President Obama in the article. In the most recent presidential debate he stressed investing in education as a leverage to the 9% unemployment rate. While most agree that this approach will certainly have long term success, how long will it take, and can one term provide enough support of education to turn the employment rate?

2) Will the globalization of white collar jobs increase the quality of customer service and products we receive, and can the US compete with internationally skilled workers at that level or will it further gauge our employment rate?