Jos,

I agree that the discussion was NOT about globalization per-se. But I do see foreign outsourcing as just a "branch operation" of the same thing... it's all based on profit without consideration of social impact.

In any case, I think it was a good discussion all around.

Keep this simple thought in mind... the model has been forever changed by the disintegration of (agressive) Communism and Capitalism is reverting to its pre-union days just as fast as it can. Authoritarian governments provide the optimal situation for such to happen unfettered. This is just as bad for the foreign worker now as it was for the local worker pre-1930s.

(In the end it is the workers that matter and the foreign workers are being royally screwed.)




cheers



>Hi Jim et al,
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>I reply to all your posts in this short one. You make lots of good and valid points, as you often do in these forums Jim. However, my points are not for or against globalization as such. I am simply stating that the practice of outsourcing to low cost producing countries (the original thread idea) is a complicated and interelated affair with pros and cons on both sides of the fence.
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>Globalization and all its many facets iro production, welfare, employee care, work conditions, etc, is another issue and also very complex and with its own pros and cons.
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>I am not arguing in favour for one side or the other in either of these two issues. I rarely do in such topics because I believe these issues are far too complex to have absolute right and wrong sides.
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>Thanks for the "food for thought" :)