<div dir="ltr"><a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:0gLbutAlscAJ:trade.gov/press/press_releases/2009/export-factsheet_021109.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgMgNFSKP2YOGAZU-1ktZe0zRZfcrk0E-z039nbs7ODEu3d9lEDRLwcd0-hD8SKzY9V8wdFb6S2aY4C7YPYM7CM0bDmABNZoOTLSKhpDC_e2k3jFfvYLOVrnOCNY7UWerNq4qvk&sig=AHIEtbQmBvYfPIBZl3es1g8npWRLRBNdFw">https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:0gLbutAlscAJ:trade.gov/press/press_releases/2009/export-factsheet_021109.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgMgNFSKP2YOGAZU-1ktZe0zRZfcrk0E-z039nbs7ODEu3d9lEDRLwcd0-hD8SKzY9V8wdFb6S2aY4C7YPYM7CM0bDmABNZoOTLSKhpDC_e2k3jFfvYLOVrnOCNY7UWerNq4qvk&sig=AHIEtbQmBvYfPIBZl3es1g8npWRLRBNdFw</a><br>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div style>US Services totalled $561 billion in 2008... private services (which include financial services) at around $241 billion USD. Royalties and license fees are $91.1 billion (whoa! no wonder the SOPA folks are so excited. that's big money)</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Capital goods were our biggest goods exports, at $469 bilion USD. So I was wrong, sorry about that!</div><div style><br></div><div style>This is from 2008... wonder how much has changed?</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>I'm confused why a chart of US exports would not include our services. we are a service economy right now despite all the uptick in manufacturing. </div><div style><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Romy Ilano <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:romy@snowyla.com" target="_blank">romy@snowyla.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">wow I'm surprised. There are a lot of manufactured goods in there.<div><br></div><div>From what i heard the US actually has an export surplus but most of it is in stuff like financial services and other high-value business services. I was under the impression that taking away our financial system would leave us with a huge deficit. </div>
</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Anthony Di Franco <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:di.franco@gmail.com" target="_blank">di.franco@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'arial narrow',sans-serif">Here is a fascinating resource relevant to such questions that I just came across, the Atlas of Economic Complexity; containing e.g. categorized US exports in 2010:</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'arial narrow',sans-serif"><a href="http://atlas.media.mit.edu/explore/tree_map/export/usa/all/show/2010/" target="_blank">http://atlas.media.mit.edu/explore/tree_map/export/usa/all/show/2010/</a><br>
</div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Anon195714 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anon195714@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">anon195714@sbcglobal.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Good question, Anthony: what do people give up to get money?<br>
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Also: what do people give up to get convenience?<br>
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And: when is the tradeoff _not worth it_ or _a bad deal_?<br>
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<p>But what do you give up to get money?</p>
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I'm kind of into this trading-money-to-get-time idea someone
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> i don't know about you but my kitchen is not always en
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> Mar 25, 2013 09:08:44 AM, <a href="mailto:romy@snowyla.com" target="_blank">romy@snowyla.com</a> wrote:<br>
> I like that statement made last week<br>
>>It's not interesting to be constantly promoting
products from private companies<br>
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>>I mean you can be polite about it and appreciate the
love but you are all right: what's the point of a creative
space if the members ideas are getting hijacked to do free pr
for companies with business plans ?<br>
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>>Why buy food from local take out? Isn't it better to
make your own food?<br>
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>>Romy Ilano<br>
>>Founder of Snowyla<br>
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