An Independent Study on Offshoring IT?

vsprintf writes "What are the real effects of offshoring on the U.S. technology sector? Pick your economist on the subject. The Bush administration's Gregory Mankiw says it's all good, and exporting jobs is just a new way to do trade. In Congressional testimony, Ralph Gomory says a little bit is okay, but too much is bad, while Herman Daly says it's just plain bad. The ITAA's paid mouthpiece, Harris Miller, says it must be good because IT workers in India wear Nike tennis shoes. At last, it appears the IEEE-USA has persuaded Congress to pay for an independent study to determine how offshoring really affects U.S. IT."

Comments

Re:Pay for an independent study...?

[qbzzt]

Hi,

Call me naive, but surely there's no such thing as an independent study?

What? Are you saying that politicians aren't interested in fair and unbalanced reports? What are you going to say next? That the political system (any political system) tends to favor one set of interests over another?

If we can't trust the politicians to be honest, who can we trust (I know, the answer is "almost everybody else will be better").

Bye,
ORi

Lie #768

[MacFury]

Um...he's Bush...on the few occasions that he can formulate a complete sentence you can bet it will be a lie. Don't misunderestimate his doublespeak. ;-)

I really like this video of him.

http://www.musicforamerica.org/bushjoke

Re:Nike shoes

[the_meager]

Perhaps it is because when India's economy is strengthened, they have more money in which to purchase goods. Since some countries can produce better goods and services of one type or another better than a specific country [India, for example], than India will have to go abroad to purchase goods with their new found wealth.

If they do not come to the U.S. for these goods, then they will go to another country which in turn will go to another country, eventually wealth gets back to the United States. Let's also not forget the immediate benefits of the money being saved in the U.S. when companies outsource or buy their goods from abroad.

Seriously now, what's with the jealousy of CEOs or other wealthy elite here, just because they make more money than you? As their wealth increases, they'll purchase more goods from home or abroad.

I'd recommend some books on economics here... but then, why bother? Would you read them?

From their mouth to your ear

[Cryofan]

And where did you learn that? From "studies" bought and paid for by the megacorporations and the wealthy? Gee, now they wouldn't have a motive to lie, would they?