Air Curtain
The air curtain. It’s not a thought that many of us have all so very often. It’s a bit irregular and a subject not so frequently seen (or felt) that many of us would generally not ruminate upon it. So what is it, you ask, and why is it so important that an article should be written about it, and thus you, the reader, are putting your time into deciphering it.
Rather than actually discuss the air curtain at length, it will merely be hinted at here and there, and will mainly serve as a focal point in a much broader and important issue, that of economics and the coming bust or boom for the United States.
The reason for this train of thought is simple: America is dying. It’s true, just ask any economist. While it’s true that we have the second largest economy (right behind the European Union), and while it’s true that our economy is growing considerably faster than that of the EU, this is not enough. The reason is simple enough: in economics, as in its close affiliate, business, everything is dog-eat-dog.
For one thing, the ministers over at The Hague, in London, and other top seats of finance in Europe are not stupid. They’re expanding their markets every single day and they’re not about to go down without a fight. Further, there is the mighty dragon of Asia to contend with. No mere air curtain shooting up careless whispers into the night sky, Asia has a goal, and it is to best the West.
China, of course, is the major player here, with an economy right behind ours, a vast plethora of markets opening diurnally, and a labor force that is matched in number and hunger for success by no other nation on the planet. Little India is also hungry for a cut of the pie, and will become more and more apparent as time goes by. For now, they’re simply an air curtain: we can hear noise, and feel a bit of pressure, but our eyes can’t quite focus on the quickly moving jet of air coming from the bottom and working itself up.
Then there’s Japan, the mighty creature of the Eighties. She too is coming. If America is to continue being at the top of production and lifestyle (the latter of which we have let slip over the last fifty years anyway), then we must prepare. It will be a glorious battle of economies.
