Why White Collar Job Outsourcing Will Transform America's Suburbs

Will white collar job outsourcing to India and other nations transform America's suburbs?

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March 16, 2004, 7:00 AM PST

While there's no consensus on the precise number of white-collar jobs American companies will outsource to India in the coming years, it seems increasingly clear that millions of middle class jobs -- from programmers and back-office technicians to Wall Street analysts and architects -- will soon find their way from U.S. office parks to the cubicles of Bangalore and Mumbai, writes Seth Brown in this week's PLANetizen Op-Ed.

Thanks to Chris Steins

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Monday, March 15, 2004 in Planetizen

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