tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034537378568183297.post8815926730975715747..comments2023-07-28T05:15:06.711-04:00Comments on Balance and Paradox: Who Cares?Arnoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06233810363450375283noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034537378568183297.post-33431357464555781482008-01-16T13:15:00.000-05:002008-01-16T13:15:00.000-05:00Hi Bob -I thought I might hear something from La-L...Hi Bob -<BR/><BR/>I thought I might hear something from La-La Land.<BR/><BR/>If the companies you mentioned all stopped operating at the same time, it would be different. All of them are spread throughout the country (or world) - for example, UPS is pretty much everywhere with 340,000 employees nationwide and is reputed to carry 7% of the nation's GDP every day. The effect throughout the country would be severe, but Atlanta is diversified enough that it wouldn't be much worse off than anywhere else. <BR/><BR/>The writers and the ancillary jobs they support are much more localized. Maybe a better parallel than the ATL companies you mentioned would be something like a coal mine going out of business in an Appalachian town; THAT would be truly devastating for the residents of the area, but not significant for those further afield.<BR/><BR/>And yet, I wonder how many jobs are affected by the strike (directly and indirectly), and what percentage of LA's GDP that represents.Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233810363450375283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034537378568183297.post-28511227931746207702008-01-16T12:12:00.000-05:002008-01-16T12:12:00.000-05:00Hi Arnold!Well out here it's big because it direct...Hi Arnold!<BR/><BR/>Well out here it's big because it directly dollar to dollar effects the local economy. Jobs are lost, mortages etc. I think your right about the rest though. Maybe it would be like if Coke and Home Depot and UPS all stopped for a few months. Any effects in Atlanta?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com