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Originally Posted by Emmerich
The problems came in when the tried to force things overseas that don't fit overseas. Anything requiring local service, or the ability to speak English clearly is what damages that type of job shifting. This then cause sales to fall, which is counterproductive to what you are trying to accomplish. IN other words, it doesn't matter if it was cheap to make if nobody is buying it.
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Not so. No business has gone under because their call center is in India.
As you mentioned, it is business that drove globalization. They slash costs 80% and drop prices 15%. Manufacturing will always be cheaper in 3rd world countries. But, cheaper goods do not always benefit consumers. Poorer quality goods have to be bought more often. As mentioned, repairs are not worth it. If a TV is $200 less than it could be, but instead of replacing every 10 years you replace every 4 years, you haven't gained anything. The TV manufacturer sure has though.
The US has decided to export its low paying jobs and import high paying ones. The result eventually is going to be that those not educated enough for those high paying jobs are going to have to move to a different country. Or become criminals, or live off welfare. Then, again eventually, countries like China and India will start taking bites out of those high paying jobs. India invented its own supercomputers a half century ago after the US said they could only buy Crays if they let a military base on their soil. India discovered the secret of nuclear weapons on its own. Eventually, as the low paying manufacturing jobs allow more Indians to send their kids to universities, they will steal white collar jobs from America.
Globalization is just another example of why we must have controls on business.