Outsourcing: A Report, and My Reflections
Note: Detailed Research Report from UC Berkeley Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics entitled: "The New Wave of Outsourcing" provides observations and statistics on some very unpleasant developments and trends. The report estimates that 10% of the current 140 million wage earners in the United States are at risk of having their jobs outsourced within five years. And that the migration seen in textiles, electronics, computer hardware and software will soon include significant numbers from other heretofor unaffected industries, such as health care, business services, legal, insurance, and credit/banking administration.Just as the Japanese migrated from copying American kitsch items in the 1960's to the attainment of a superior stance in automobile manufacturing technology in the 1990's, the Bangalore Indian call centers of the 1990's are migrating into the very heart of capitalist business processes in the first years of the new millenieum. One is reminded of Martin Niemoller's famous words which can serve as a warning: "...when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me".
Within fifteen years, the combined populations of India and China will make up almost half of the total planet's inhabitants. Maybe this is the best hope we have: trying to assist in the creation of democratic principles in these two countries while we can, and before they cease to have any interest in what we as a country have to say about anything that affects them.
A worthly goal to be sure; but are you ready to give up your job to see it happen?
posted by Richard at
Thursday, March 18, 2004
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