Why help Indias middle class, when U.S. white-collar workers are becoming an extinct species?
Readers respond to Brian Behlendorf’s “How Outsourcing Will Save The World.” Jul. 11, 2003 | [Read the story.] Your short article hits all the points as to why globalization is good for everyone, in the long run. And it is the emphasis on the last part that tellingly ignores what is happening right now in this country. Right now, we are witnessing the slow destruction of one of the pillars that has made this country great — the middle class. And it is outsourcing, in no small part, along with the seemingly inexorable rise of corporate influence on our government, that has contributed to this trend. Which also makes your argument about how good having a strong middle class is just a little bit ironic. Yes, it is a good thing and would certainly be a boon for developing countries. But that class’s diminishment in this country would be something that we can ignore? Too little and too late you address this briefly at the end of your article. Right now, we are looking at a situation where
