1. Robert Reich, The Work of Nations (New York: Vintage, 1992), p. 301.
2. Michael Porter, The Comparative Advantage of Nations (New York: The Free Press, 1990).
3. See Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Capitalism and Democracy (New York: Basic Books, 1986). In Robert Reich’s model, the tension is reduced when the nation-state converts everyone into “symbolic analysts” through education. Then everyone becomes part of the information economy. This makes sense, but there are many fewer information jobs than there are workers, even in the United States.
4. Francis Fukuyama, The End of History and the Last Man (New York: The Free Press, 1992).