A HISTORICAL TRANSATLANTIC POLITICAL TRADITION. THE CASE OF PORTUGAL AND THE UNITED STATES

It has to never stop inventing and reinventing itself.” The raw ambition that Rajesh and so many of his generation possess is worthy of note by Americans-a point I will elaborate on later. “We can't relax,” said Rajesh. “I think in the case of the United States that is what happened a bit. Please look at me: I am from India. We have been at a very different level before in terms of technology and business. But once we saw we had an infrastructure which made the world a small place, we promptly tried to make the best use of it. We saw there were so many things we could do. We went ahead, and today what we are seeing is a result of that... There is no time to rest. That is gone. There are dozens of people who are doing the same thing you are doing, and they are trying to do it better. It is like water in a tray, you shake it and it will find the path of least resistance. That is what is going to happen to so many jobs-they will go to that corner of the world where there is the least resistance and the most opportunity ...»