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Outsourcing Grows as a Business Strategy

Dirk McCoy wrote:

"Division of labor and specialization are two of the most powerful forces behind the rise in human living standards (along with cheap oil and technology), which is why you don't grow all your own food and do surgery on yourself (and are better off for it).

The bigger problem as I see it is that our government has interfered with market forces by putting a minimum wage in place that acts as a price control on entry level workers
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With all due respect, you bought the capitalist propaganda "hook line and sinker" friend. Consider that a husband in 1973 now earns less, adjusted for inflation, then the husband and wife together earn today. This was true even before the Greater Depression hit. So, we have had a few decades of massive outsourcing and what does civil society have to show for it? The greatest recession, possibly Depression, since the 1930's... Not a very good historical record on which to shell out the same old capitalist propaganda now, is it?

For the record, I am a capitalist, but I'm not interested in seeing the USA devolve into a third world country, like Mexico, where the ones remaining with some wealth are taken hostage, held for ransom, or taxed disproportionately. The masses, once mobilized, are an unstoppable force, as the early 20th century showed. What's the solution? It's not more outsourcing, in my opinion.