[biztech-discussion] Re: Frequently Stated Misconceptions

  • From: "Roberta Wilson" <bertaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <biztech-discussion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 15:22:08 -0700

I'm sorry I don't have time to fully develop this thought right now, but we
(at Washtech) came across this stunning fact in our research--it might have
been in the Feb 3, 2003, issue of Business Week: Even the pro-Globalization
economists don't really know what will happen when people/jobs are
globalized along with the manufacturing of goods. It's more of the voo-doo
approach to economics--it sounds like a good idea to globalize everything,
but whether more people will benefit economically or not cannot be
predicted--according to their own words. So, at best, they don't know if
globalization will work for the most people economically. At worst, they
know economic globalization will not work for most people and they don't
care.

Sorry I'm dashing off to Milwaukee to the Green Party Convention....Roberta

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Subject: [biztech-discussion] Re: Frequently Stated Misconceptions


At 01:49 PM 6/22/04 -0400, margh@xxxxxxx wrote:

>> FSM#0 Offshoring is good for everyone because it lowers the prices we
>> pay for goods and services. It increases our standard of living
>> because the things we buy are cheaper, and it lowers taxes because
>> government work can be done at lower cost.
>
>I had been thinking of incorporating this into FSM #2 or #5.

Yes, I can see how it might be subsumed under either #2 or #5. Yet I think
it really deserves a bullet of its own because it is one of the most
persuasive, and widely used, arguments in favor of offshoring.


>I hadn't
>considered material goods at all, and that adds another dimension to
>the jobs argument -- manufacturing/garment industry job losses. I was
>focusing my research on techie jobs, because I assumed most BizTech
>writers would relate to them specifically.

Yes, quite so. But we also have to address the general pro-offshoring
arguments because BizTech writers are buying into them.


>>.. the government should not allow offshoring of government
>> services or work done by private firms under government contract. To
>> oppose offshoring of government we we have to confront the "cheaper
>> is better" notion.
>
>I don't know .. I've considered some arguments that we'd be better off
>offshoring the U.S. Congress and some parts of the Executive Branch
><snerk>.

Well, I certainly agree with the sentiment. The problem is, having had
personal experience with bureaucrats and officials in China, India and
Russia, I fear it might be a case of out of the frying pan and into the
fire.

                                                                                
--bruce



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