Ökonomische Überraschung: Erstmals seit zehntausend Jahren ist Landwirtschaft nichts mehr der größte Wirtschaftssektor. Doch die neue Nummer Eins ist nicht die Industrie, sondern der Dienstleistungsbereich.
For the first time in 10,000 years, farming is not the dominating industry … In recent years agriculture has lost its place as the main sector of employment and has been replaced by the services sector, which in 2006 constituted 42.0 per cent of world employment compared to 36.1 per cent for agriculture. As for the industry sector, it represented 21.9 per cent of total employment, which is almost unchanged from ten years ago …
