Robert Reich - Insensitive Outsource (good article about outsourcing)

[bleedingheart]

Mr. Reich states some great points in this article from Tom Paine which originally was on Marketplace...

http://www.tompaine.com/feature2.cfm/ID/9975

"At the very least, Greg, you've got to admit that the incredible ease of outsourcing is allowing businesses all over America to hedge their bets and put off permanent hires until much later in the business cycle than ever before. It's a big reason why this jobs recovery is so anemic. And outsourcing is also undermining the bargaining power of millions of employees who now know they can be replaced instantly if they so much as even think about a raise.

Okay, in the long run we all may be better off, but as John Maynard Keynes once said, 'In the long run, we're all dead.'
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[Demeter]

1. Eat Your Seed Corn, Destroy Your Customers

And in the short term, you will be dead. What economic BS outsourcing is. Are you going to outsource your sales, too? Good luck, American CEOs! What a bunch of idiots.

[DieboldMustDie]

2. Outsource the CEO jobs...

I'm sure there are plenty of Indians who would be thrilled to work for a very modest fraction of what American executives make. :evilgrin:

[brokensymmetry]

3. Good article!

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