Re: [PLUG] Interesting Outsourcing Article...

["William H. Magill" <magill@mcgillsociety.org>]

On Friday, September 12, 2003, at 10:36 PM, Paul wrote:
> Stephen Gran wrote:
> > Isn't this just a problem with the underlying capitalism model of
> > business?  In the short run, it makes sense to reduce costs by any
> > means, in this case, outsourcing, in order to stay competitive.  In 
> > the
> > long run, however, the thing that keeps the economy afloat is not the
> > supply side but the demand side, and you need workers with money in
> > their pockets to buy your goods if you plan to actually sell things.
>
> Maybe places like India and China will buy our goods.

That's one of the goals...

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William H. Magill
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