Georgia Governor Says "Creating Jobs Isn't Easy"

Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue and his economic team have found that "growing jobs" in a fast-paced global economy, where Georgia's cheap labor isn't the strong asset it once was, is easier said than done. Worker quality is also an issue for Georgia. Read more here.

I believe most governors would agree that job development and economic development in general are not easy jobs today. First, we truly face global competition for most new business expansion projects. Second, American companies are pushing a lot of their new work to much cheaper places, like China and India. Third, I believe the model of economic development must change from a strictly place against place competitive model to more more globally-collaborative model.

We must build world linkages to co-develop jobs in the future. Instead of bashing China and India for their economic development success, let's join forces with them to co-develop the businesses and jobs of the future.