Things were different in the ’50s and ’60s when engineers and scientists were respected — often board members and or CEOs — then, the business majors started dominating and the business major with an MBA was most sought-after. The transition from Keynesian to supply-side economics resulted in a just-in-time, buy it when you need it, profit is king, philosophy eliminating the cache of essentials that used to be in the backroom. The backroom disappeared and became additional floor space for popular goods. Product turn eliminated some less popular but useful items.
Our society was more like South Korea with reserves for emergencies and we were the “can-do” nation in the ‘50s and ’60s and NYC would have had a much better chance with that philosophy when we were not so dependent on the cache-less just-in-time process. You cannot run a government like a cache-less business and without the reserve supplies and facilities we are vulnerable in emergencies; 9/11 should have taught us that but it didn’t.
Things were different in the ’50s and ’60s when engineers and scientists were respected — often board members and or CEOs — then, the business majors started dominating and the business major with an MBA was most sought-after. The transition from Keynesian to supply-side economics resulted in a just-in-time, buy it when you need it, profit is king, philosophy eliminating the cache of essentials that used to be in the backroom. The backroom disappeared and became additional floor space for popular goods. Product turn eliminated some less popular but useful items.
Our society was more like South Korea with reserves for emergencies and we were the “can-do” nation in the ‘50s and ’60s and NYC would have had a much better chance with that philosophy when we were not so dependent on the cache-less just-in-time process. You cannot run a government like a cache-less business and without the reserve supplies and facilities we are vulnerable in emergencies; 9/11 should have taught us that but it didn’t.