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Re: What exactly is going on in the tech jobs market, and why ?

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From: vivek taneja
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 18:53
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Have read this book and recommend it strongly to both Americans as
well as Indians, Chinese and others involved in the outsourcing
debate. This book does not try to answer complex questions with
cliches, and I think if we want the debate to not run out of control
(especially on the encouragement of people like Lou Dobbs), go get a
copy.


"Natalie Vermuelen" <mail@risingelephant.com> wrote in message news:<414ee45a$0$24597$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be>...
> In spite of some consolation from today's on-off hiring blips, a New York
> Times headline in early September poses a disturbing question, "Is Weak Job
> Growth Normal Now ?" For Lawrence Katz of Harvard University, the truth is
> harsher still: "The dirty little secret is that no one is really looking at
> the quality of new jobs created."
> Bain & Company's Mark Gottfredson puts such processes in context: "There has
> never been an economic discontinuity of this magnitude in the history of the
> world."
> 
> If such issues concern you, a new book may provide some answers on what is
> really happening.
> ___________________________________________________________________________
> 
> Rising Elephant, a stimulating, sometimes-provocative analysis about India's
> assault on technology jobs - in the context of its longer-term economic,
> geopolitical and societal challenge to the West - has just been released at
> US bookstores by Common Courage Press.
> The book, which is available from Amazon, and numerous other vendors listed
> on the Website mentioned below, also dwells in depth about the intriguing
> India-vs-China equation and its impact on the rest of Asia and beyond.
> Should you wish to see its cover, read its Contents and Introduction, and
> review some excerpts, please click on the link below. Also provided on the
> site is the list of 1,500 citations which buttress its frequently-surprising
> conclusions.
> The book is 350 pages in length.
> 
> Web: http://www.risingelephant.com
> 
> Natalie Vermuelen
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