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Giant Sucking Noise

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ross-perot-was-ahead-of-his-time dept.

bsharma writes "The next round of globalization is sending upscale jobs offshore. They include basic research, chip design, engineering--even financial analysis. Can America lose these jobs and still prosper? Who wins? Who loses?" News.com has a related story about outsourcing.

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  1. Re:we're screwed by ReelOddeeo · · Score: 3, Funny
    It should be no big surprise. As we keep pushing things out of the US we have less and less real value.
    We, as a nation, actually build very little on our own shores.
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    Don't be so negative. Look at the profitable things we are good at, which we are keeping...
    • Marketing
    • Management
    • Litigation
    • Buzzwords
    • TLA's
    • Entertainment
    • Intellectual property licensing
    • Patents
    • Creative Accounting Practices
    • Monopoly building and maintenance
    Because of these strengths, I predict that the countries with strong economies that need some of these functions, are not good at them (or don't want to touch them), and don't have local talent in these areas will outsource these functions back to the US.
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