Globalization versus Nationalization
posted in General, Rantings |I was recently asked what I think the overall result of globalization was; positive or negative. Specifically, outsourcing IT jobs to India for programming and call centers. My response was kind of blah, I think. I don’t think much of it. I’m sure it’s good for the Indian, and his/her community. But the person in the US that could be hired, it’s not so good for them and their community. And then, thinking in an overall viewpoint, I’m not sure which weighs more, the good in India or the bad in the US, so I don’t know if the overall effect is positive or negative. I’m sure we can’t stop it, really, because it’s one of the options that Bosses have in order to cut financial costs, so rather than look at whether it’s positive or negative, I’m going to concern myself with how to help my “fellow human.”
However, when poor people in Manhattan make $0.02 for every dollar the rich make, that’s a little easier for me to examine. Globally it doesn’t matter, because it doesn’t affect (well, directly, affect) the trade relationships between nations. These two cents highlight the disparity between the rich and the poor in the US. I’m not one who believes in trickle-down economics. Those two cents hurt the poor and the poor community a lot more than the dollar helps the rich and the rich community.
“The worthwhile problems are the ones you can really solve or help solve, the ones you can really contribute something to.”
Richard Feynman, Letter to Koichi Mano, February 3, 1966
