Can you summarize “30 Little Turtles” by Thomas Friedman?

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• You should really arrive at your own conclusions but since you asked, for what it's worth, this is my spin on it (I advise you reread the article to affirm or dispute my assessment):

  Friedman attempts to promote positive sentiment for an issue that involves no sentiment. Outsourcing is driven by cynical economic motivation to increase revenues and lower taxes for profit seeking private enterprises. There is no motive to "do good" or "improve the world". The only motive is to make more profit and pay less taxes. If some handful of Indians "feel good" about the results, that is incidental and irrelevant. The proper criterion for discussion on this subject is the social cost of economic policy. You determine that by considering what positive and negative effects the policy has on society, not by focusing selectively on the self-esteem of some small group. Yes, having a job as opposed to not having a job on average probably makes most people "feel better" about themselves but are they actually "better" by any measurable standards?

  Friedman's article is an appeal to hollow sentiment based on superficial and unscientific personal anecdote. If you want to tell me about the effects of outsourcing, cite statistics showing me wage and employment trends then explain how these trends are attributable to outsourcing -- don't tell me you met eight people that seemed real happy and well-adjusted. That doesn't >INFORM< me of anything. Friedman intends to inform no one of anything with this article, he in fact intends the opposite. He hopes you will read it, "feel good" about the self-esteem of eight Indian kids then conclude >WITHOUT FURTHER ENQUIRY< that outsourcing must be a really good thing since this stupid little anecdote made you feel so positive for a fleeting (and totally uninformed) moment.

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  Can you summarize "30 Little Turtles" by Thomas Friedman?

  Im writing this super important paper for a class about outsourcing and how it affects the economy of the united states and my professor wants me to summarize "30 Little Turtles" by Thomas Friedman for my introduction. PLEASE HELP

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• Here’s a quick summary. I read that article. “A load of crap.” That’s how I’d summarize it.

  It’s a stupid attempt to justify the greed associated with outsourcing good American jobs. Anything to serve the richest people on the planet, right?

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• Since it's SUPER SHORT and in very plain English, why not just READ IT?

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