One thing I did not notice in the paper was the political stability of China facing the demands of a growing middle class. Can China continue it's high wire act of trying to stoke the engine of economic growth while continuing it's political monopoly of one party rule? If China has a political revolution spurred by such economic growth it could throw China and globalization in turn in turnmoil. What happens if such a revolution fails? Perhaps it will not happen. I am somewhat anxious to what the future may hold if a growing economic power such as China is not a free and open society.
On a side note, I think it is predictable that people pick out parts of the article and try to advance their political agenda or bias. I have read many of the other threads and they are filled with such verses. The article is not about Bush or war in Iraq but rather much larger macro ecocnomic trends. Why does it always have to degenerate into such bashing?
I think you said it best with "The grass is always greener...". I couldn't agree more. Why in the world does this even make it on/. ? Who cares indeed....
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Although I believe that is some sound advise you espouse wrt job security, the trend in offshoring is a macro economic topic. The decision to offshore anyone's job will probably not be affected by how much or little time you spend out front as opposed to hidden away in your office. Rather the decision is made from execs who probably do not even know you work there. They want or need to take advantage of the real (or percevied) benefits of offshoring, namely cost/benefit. Thus if they can find a way to make the 'wdiget' cheaper, they will. So the question remains, how can someone thousands of miles away be in front of the customer? Well they can't in the traditional sense. But if you can change customers attitudes while providing something which is 'good enough' and cheaper, then it is probably something which will be considered worth the risk or at least trying.
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One thing I did not notice in the paper was the political stability of China facing the demands of a growing middle class. Can China continue it's high wire act of trying to stoke the engine of economic growth while continuing it's political monopoly of one party rule? If China has a political revolution spurred by such economic growth it could throw China and globalization in turn in turnmoil. What happens if such a revolution fails? Perhaps it will not happen. I am somewhat anxious to what the future may hold if a growing economic power such as China is not a free and open society. On a side note, I think it is predictable that people pick out parts of the article and try to advance their political agenda or bias. I have read many of the other threads and they are filled with such verses. The article is not about Bush or war in Iraq but rather much larger macro ecocnomic trends. Why does it always have to degenerate into such bashing?
I think you said it best with "The grass is always greener...". I couldn't agree more. Why in the world does this even make it on /. ? Who cares indeed....
Although I believe that is some sound advise you espouse wrt job security, the trend in offshoring is a macro economic topic. The decision to offshore anyone's job will probably not be affected by how much or little time you spend out front as opposed to hidden away in your office. Rather the decision is made from execs who probably do not even know you work there. They want or need to take advantage of the real (or percevied) benefits of offshoring, namely cost/benefit. Thus if they can find a way to make the 'wdiget' cheaper, they will. So the question remains, how can someone thousands of miles away be in front of the customer? Well they can't in the traditional sense. But if you can change customers attitudes while providing something which is 'good enough' and cheaper, then it is probably something which will be considered worth the risk or at least trying.