How much should a company be expected to invest in the education and training of its own employees? If our current educational system is having trouble creating people with the specific skills needed by a company, should that company be responsible for building those skills? Is it possible that we will see more education or training being done by companies rather than in traditional institutions of education?

What are the ethical or moral considerations of this national competitiveness when it comes to jobs? So many articles seem to focus on how to make America more competitive or how to get America the best jobs. Rather than focusing on how to improve one country relative to others, should people be more focused on the world as a whole? Should people be more concerned with improving education, jobs and quality of life in general than with how America competes with China? Am I being dramatic?