Baumol’s disease
Trying to decide what to make of this. Offshoring has been on my mind as I’ve been getting ready to spend the second half of October in India working with my tiny team of tech writers. I’ve been pretty clear on where I belong in this whole picture: I don’t trust corporations to manage globalization, I don’t think the economic or social effects are nearly as pretty on either side as the Friedmanite hacks propose, and I don’t think cheap and docile labor power is a very good trade for quality and productivity. On the other hand: I don’t think I can make a living without participating in the software industry, and that means having some role in an offshoring relationship no matter what company I work for. I’ve tried to do it ethically, making sure everyone my own work touches comes off the better for it and practicing as much cultural relativism as I can figure out how. And let me not deny I’ve had a lot of fun with it — for all its hassles, an India trip twice a year is a eal privilege.
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Hi, I am a third year Fine Art student, researching Offshoring and its effect on the economic’ globally. I am just hoping that you will be able to reply to this comment as I would like to have permission to quote your words in my dissertation.
I would also like to ask you more about what changes you have experienced on your travels to India over the past few years in terms of the growth of it technology and man power in these areas. Please Please reply to this as I would so appreciate some primary evidence from you,
Thanks
Carol