Comments on: Outsourcing and the economy http://www.mcdonaldland.info/2007/10/21/outsourcing-and-the-economy/ A magical discussion of software, economics, and other assorted theories. but mainly software. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:11:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: finn0013 http://www.mcdonaldland.info/2007/10/21/outsourcing-and-the-economy/#comment-4 finn0013 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:33:38 +0000 http://www.mcdonaldland.info/2007/10/21/outsourcing-and-the-economy/#comment-4 On the CBS Evening News last night they were talking about this and how more and more jobs are beginning to be outsourced. A few of the many they discussed were: Medical services (x-rays, etc.) Teaching assistance (simple stuff like arithmetic) Income taxes These are all things that have a known formula for how to handle things and don't require a lot of creative thought. This is in keeping with the trend of the known formula jobs moving to cheaper venues while the higher priced and more abstract jobs remaining domestic. On the CBS Evening News last night they were talking about this and how more and more jobs are beginning to be outsourced. A few of the many they discussed were:

Medical services (x-rays, etc.)
Teaching assistance (simple stuff like arithmetic)
Income taxes

These are all things that have a known formula for how to handle things and don’t require a lot of creative thought. This is in keeping with the trend of the known formula jobs moving to cheaper venues while the higher priced and more abstract jobs remaining domestic.

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