Work mobility increases in this landscape of shifting allegiances, head
hunting, remote collaboration, contract and agency work, and similar
labour market trends. Intellectual property is likely to become as
atomized as labor and to revert to its true owners - the inspired
folks. They, in turn, will negotiate licensing deals directly with
their end users and customers.
Capital, design, engineering, and labor intensive goods - computer
chips, cruise missiles, and passenger cars - will still necessitate the
coordination of a massive workforce in multiple locations. But even
here, in the old industrial landscape, the intellectual contribution to
the collective effort will likely be outsourced to roving freelancers
who will maintain an ownership stake in their designs or inventions.
This intimate relationship between creative person and consumer is the
way it has always been. We may yet look back on the 20th century and
note with amazement the transient and aberrant phase of intermediation
- the Sony's, Microsoft's, and Forgent's of this world.
The Fabric of Economic Trust
By: Dr. Sam Vaknin
Also published by United Press International (UPI)
Economics acquired its dismal reputation by pretending to be an exact
science rather than a branch of mass psychology.
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