Lester C. Thurow [Archive.org URL]

If the winners are the inventors of products, the education of the top 2 5 percent of the labor force is critical, because someone in that group will invent the new products. If the winners are the cheapest and best producers of products, the education of the bottom 50 percent of the population moves center stage, because this part of the work force must master the new processes. If the bottom 50 percent cannot learn what must be learned, new high-tech processes cannot be employed. If a firm or country is to be successful, each and every worker must have high-tech skills.

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