Offshore Outsourcing to India ... a sickening repurcussion

The news about two loose-jaw radio jockeys' in US threatening an Indian BPO worker on a live programme left me completely shocked ! It's not easy to believe that some people find this outrageous act to be funny ! I guess, the air station who hired these two jokers should seriously think of outsourcing their jobs to India to bring in some sanity, and quality to it's programmes !

The debate over the impact of global outsourcing continues to rage. Lots of people have been expressing their opposite point of views whether short-term job losses brought on by outsourcing are mitigated in the long run by gains to American workers from free trade and consumption growth in low-wage countries !

Columbia professor Jagdish Bhagwati and colleagues acknowledge some temporary dislocation in low-skill jobs because of outsourcing but assert that the practice offers substantial gains to the U.S. economy through cheaper imports and stronger markets for exports.

As per some, corporate earnings and investors are benefiting. American consumers are also benefiting from cheaper prices because of global outsourcing.

But American workers are dislocated -- perhaps permanently in the manufacturing sector and significantly among professional and white-collar employees whose jobs won't return unless the country invests substantially in their retraining and education.

While arguments and counter arguements have been put forward to justify the stand for and against outsourcing; many people have so far shown little disagreement on at least one point, that Education and reeducation is an investment America can't afford to outsource. But then here comes the news about outsourcing of Maths tuition to teachers in Kerala by US parents !