McChronagle
11-17-2011, 10:26 PM
It seems pretty clear to me that businesses are over regulated and the cost of labor is very high compared to other nations. ive been arguing this and i need fellow rpf people to graciously help me once again lol. im trying to find an article refuting this one. one that shows how difficult it is to run a business in america. i know ive seen them before but cant find them when i need them most. here is what im dealing with.
"Yea, it was government regulations that murdered the US manufacturing and forced the companies to off-shore.
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/1....anies-offshore/
Based on these criteria, these are the top 10 countries where it is easiest to operate a business:
Singapore
Hong Kong
New Zealand
United States
Denmark
Norway
United Kingdom
South Korea
Iceland
Ireland
That’s right: The United States comes in fourth.
Hong Kong beats the United States, but mainland China — that bugaboo of American employment protectionists — does not. Instead, China comes in 91st. Despite the higher regulatory burden, American-based multinational companies have increased their employment in China by 161,400 from 2007 to 2008, a gain of about 20 percent, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. (The most recent data are for 2008.) In fact, American employment in China rose 77 percent in the prior decade, from 1998 to 2008.
India does even worse, with a ranking of 132nd. Edward L. Glaeser has written for Economix before about India’s struggles with having a stable and transparent regulatory system and public sector.
As they have done in China, American companies have ratcheted up their employment in India by 43,000, or about 13 percent, from 2007 to 2008. From 1998 to 2008, the number of people in India working for American companies rose by 54 percent, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
In another measure of business climate and competitiveness put out by the World Economic Forum, the United States ranks fifth, again ahead of China (26), India (56) and a host of other countries where American companies are adding jobs.
Presumably, then, American companies are not attracted to these places because the business climate is more favorable."
i feel like the article it self is contradictory because it says the US is better than china and india yet we rapidly employ them year over year. anybody have links saved to refute this?
"Yea, it was government regulations that murdered the US manufacturing and forced the companies to off-shore.
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/1....anies-offshore/
Based on these criteria, these are the top 10 countries where it is easiest to operate a business:
Singapore
Hong Kong
New Zealand
United States
Denmark
Norway
United Kingdom
South Korea
Iceland
Ireland
That’s right: The United States comes in fourth.
Hong Kong beats the United States, but mainland China — that bugaboo of American employment protectionists — does not. Instead, China comes in 91st. Despite the higher regulatory burden, American-based multinational companies have increased their employment in China by 161,400 from 2007 to 2008, a gain of about 20 percent, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. (The most recent data are for 2008.) In fact, American employment in China rose 77 percent in the prior decade, from 1998 to 2008.
India does even worse, with a ranking of 132nd. Edward L. Glaeser has written for Economix before about India’s struggles with having a stable and transparent regulatory system and public sector.
As they have done in China, American companies have ratcheted up their employment in India by 43,000, or about 13 percent, from 2007 to 2008. From 1998 to 2008, the number of people in India working for American companies rose by 54 percent, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
In another measure of business climate and competitiveness put out by the World Economic Forum, the United States ranks fifth, again ahead of China (26), India (56) and a host of other countries where American companies are adding jobs.
Presumably, then, American companies are not attracted to these places because the business climate is more favorable."
i feel like the article it self is contradictory because it says the US is better than china and india yet we rapidly employ them year over year. anybody have links saved to refute this?