The Other Side of Outsourcing

A Thomas Friedman / Discovery Channel look at high tech outsourcing to India.

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• Outsourcing
• Thomas
• Friedman

[hollymatterson]

I was a libertarian until I seen this program. When you have free trade, you have a borderless world. when you have a borderless world, salaries even out. I can see by 2100 everyone in the world will make today's equivelant of US$200 a month while the number of billionaires in today's dollars will expand to 35,000. No millionaires. No middle class. Only poor and Uber-rich who own the companies. Call me crazy, but this is very possible.

[ShadowHart9]

hahaha "What is the problem with this computer Ma'am? ... The monitor is burning?"

[The2fast4urazz]

Whats the name of the song that starts at 2:40....ive been looking for it for the longest

[Danaceb]

@Hollymatterson Amen, deep inside i am an Libertarian too; but I know all to well that human nature just isn't up to it.

A few more years and the pro village people he demeaned near the end will have the last laugh, as long as Globalization is used an excuse to neglect and steal from the poor; we will have poverty and strife. The United States, China or India, it does not matter as what we have now works billions to the bone for a few greedy people.

[carmelized11candi]

I was following this report with a lot of positive feelings until they said the Krishna film would be written and acted by Americans. Wouldn't Indians be better for that type of project? Just seems strange to me.

[MrHuffstuff]

@djbiggun1 Your comment is far more disturbing:

1. there are a ton of individuals in India who practice Islam, the overwhelming majority of whom are not radical, violent extremists

2. "HOSTILE MIDDLE EAST" is a very insensitive and sweeping description of hundreds of millions of people in more than 30 nations

3. Globalization and outsourcing has totally alienated the Muslim Community and they should be a little pissed off

[djbiggun1]

WOW WTF WAS THAT MUSLIM THING ALL ABOUT. INDIA IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM THE HOSTILE MUSLIM MIDDLE EAST. WHY DID HE ASSOCIATE INDIA WITH ISLAMIC RADICALS. MIDDLE EASTERN PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT.

[8bitsurrender]

how constitutional is it to outsource jobs in a country where there's less rights and liberties for the citizens? why not keep manufacturing jobs here at home and worry about free trade here in america? if citizens can't form unions or protest their salary their basically slaves. that's what's so great about america remember?

[8bitsurrender]

@hollymatterson i'm a libritarian too, but this is one issue i strongly disagree with. i agree completely with the idea of a free market and allowing businesses and workers compete for jobs. i even agree with removing minimum wage. however, in countries such as china where you have no right to form a union or protest salary its un american to outsource there. i think for that reason outsourcing should be regulated. if it's unconstitutional to regulate outsourcing..

[SidTitus]

disgusting!!!



[dvamateur]

Ha ha, Indians say that they speak British English, but they don't sound even close to English :)