Another effect of this structural change was that much brainpower in companies was switched from concentrating on how to minimise tax bills to how better to manage the company profitably.
I do not think there has ever been a time when it is more important that we should retain our highest brainpower and our highest scientific and technological experience.
They share our lives as elected representatives and freely make their time and brainpower available to us, but wide disparities exist among them, and their social situation is often precarious.
I believe that children are different in the way they learn, in terms of size, height, colour of eyes and brainpower.
Some describe it as moving from the age of manpower to the age of the brainpower economy.
We will need to apply a lot more energy and brainpower to solving the problem of waste and disposal.
So training, brainpower and diversity will also be essential elements in economic competitiveness.
Certainly a considerable amount of academic brainpower and company money has been spent in researching this subject over the last decade.
