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Outsourcing is Good for You

gManZboy writes "Catherine Mann, from the Institute for International Economics, has a look at What Global Outsourcing Means for U.S. IT Workers up over at Queue. She's got an interesting argument: outsourcing means cheaper IT products, meaning businesses will buy more, meaning more products to make & manage = net gain of IT jobs in the US. Ummm, did you follow that?"

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  1. Re:Yeah..just great...bash the economists. by Marxist+Hacker+42 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Absolutely agree that lower labor costs translate to lower finished goods costs- so let's just lay off everybody in America, including the CEOs, and outsource all of it. Because lower costs are always good right? Oh, and while you're at it, let's make sure we never have this problem again by enslaving other nations- because slavery is the ultimate lowest labor cost, being free.

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  2. And in totally unrelated news.... by LiquidMind · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Scientists have found that swallowing large amounts of bleach is good for you too.

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  3. Re:In the long run, we will all benefit by squarefish · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    governor bush said something very similar recently

    and it scares the shit out of me that the supposed leader of the free world would say something like that ....

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  4. Marc Andreesen... by john_smith_45678 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    also thinks outsourcing is "good for you."

  5. Re:Chewbacca Economic Theory by Fred_A · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Children are good, they work cheaper than foreign labour.

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