Monday, September 15, 2008

Outsourcing- Good or Bad?

In the readings from Global Issues, Local Arguments, there are many concerns about the issue of outsourcing. So many people feel that it is unfair to move jobs to foreign countries, claiming that too many Americans are being robbed of their own occupations. Although it is mentioned numerous times that outsourcing will actually stimulate the American economy in the long run, very few people will see it that way, especially those who are out of a job and struggling to provide for their family during their search for a new job, which may or may not turn out to be successful. However, I disagree with those who would say that foreigners are stealing American jobs. They went through schooling and training to earn those jobs, just as anyone in this country would have had to do. Drezner mentions that the real problem of the outsourcing controversy is that "people feel that their jobs are threatened." This makes it so easy for foreigners to become the scapegoat excusing the loss of American jobs. So is the outsourcing of so many American jobs actually worth it? The young Indians who expressed their feelings about being able to have a good job show how outsourcing is helping other individuals around the world. If outsourcing these "white-collar" jobs from America to other nations does indeed turn out to increase economic growth in the United States, then how could it hurt to also be increasing the economic and cultural growth of less developed nations?

1 comment:

DANIEL?!?! said...

Totally. Foreigners aren't taking jobs from Americans. They're just doing the jobs that not many Americans really want to do in the first place...and for cheaper. Great.