>I don't think outsourcing is going to change that. The problem is so intense and involves such a huge population that in the end I think outsourcing still only creates a two-tier economy. The rich and the poor. The programmer in the article, though working for less than a taco bell wage, makes 22 times the average Indian salary. She can afford daycare for her children ( a Taco Bell job wouldn't leave sufficient funds for daycare here in the U.S.) I read the article and even when most IT jobs were still here in the U.S. our companies didn't send private buses to take us to work! It there weren't private buses though - their employees would probably never arrive.
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I agree with Tracy. Here is visible this diffrence.
In economy sectores which are efficient(software for example), salaries are $37K annualy, but in the same moment in textile industry(wich is under preasure of Chinas textile) they are $2,5.
Sending bus to take them to work is not efficient, but this is the only way to transport people in countries with less developed infrastructure and private transport(because of low salaries, people could'n aford to buy a car)
My first education is automotive engineer(and unfinished Ph.D. work is on the problem - "How to make this transport enviromentely more clean and efficient using LPG or methan") before to switch to market economy, after that it become obsolete and I was forces to take MA in Economics in next 3 years.