This meanders until it devolves into complaining about airlines. No point to be found just repeat what the MBA crowd is obsessed with this year
The US largely overspent for decades and decades during it's manufacturing peak, then transitioned to a service economy increasing the cost of construction. That's the simplest theory that explains the current situation no "friction" needed.
Also it's a bit offensive to claim that the digital world is frictionless when software projects are some of our most important and difficult to maintain pieces of infrastructure even during a boom of talent. Unless you are specifically talking about the act of using software in which case the article makes even less sense.
The US largely overspent for decades and decades during it's manufacturing peak, then transitioned to a service economy increasing the cost of construction. That's the simplest theory that explains the current situation no "friction" needed.
Also it's a bit offensive to claim that the digital world is frictionless when software projects are some of our most important and difficult to maintain pieces of infrastructure even during a boom of talent. Unless you are specifically talking about the act of using software in which case the article makes even less sense.