Exporting America - your note to Dave Farber

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Aniruddh Wahal <aniruddhwahal () hotmail com>
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 22:41:16 
To:jparmate () columbus rr com
Cc:dave () farber net
Subject: Exporting America - your note to Dave Farber


Dear John

I really enjoyed reading your note to Dave Farber - it talked rational and 
unbiased sense that has been around since David Ricardo and Adam Smith.

It was very heartening to know that there are still people who can think 
like you do.

Strangely, in India, there is a political backlash against the call-center 
jobs too !

Over there, some lobbies are touting the fact that such jobs are corrupting 
our youth, and hence the Indian culture - just the way a lot of countries 
take pride in future progress, Indians set a lot of stock by remaining 
rooted to traditions.

Now, since the employees in India in call centers are almost always fresh 
college graduates, they have finally money to spend on themselves while they 
are still young - for the very first time in Indian history.

And where do they spend it - on Coke, Mac, Levi's, Britney Spears and MTV - 
just like youth all over the world.

So, just the way some people are losing jobs in America, certain others are 
losing entire vote banks in India !

Ample reason for these people to contort the economics, mix it with vote 
politics, religion, culture-protection and other things to promote their 
losing cause.

I think, eventually as always, 'the invisible hand' will win over- 
meanwhile, we will lose some good airtime, few people will lose some dollars 
and few others will lose some votes.

Once again, thanks for your note - I am living and working in America (not 
in IT industry, not even in any of the 'new economy' businesses) and like to 
think people around me are what I thought of them while reading text-books 
and other things when I was in India - rational.

Best regards
Aniruddh

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