tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post114494745751224402..comments2023-11-24T03:20:02.361-07:00Comments on Tufte's Economics Classes Blog - A Living Textbook: OutsourcingDr. Tuftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-49292578158027070442008-05-05T12:39:00.000-06:002008-05-05T12:39:00.000-06:00To selfishness, I would add asymmetry: the inabili...To selfishness, I would add asymmetry: the inability to admit that opposite sides of issues behave oppositely.Dr. Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-54876447731819692192008-03-14T14:57:00.000-06:002008-03-14T14:57:00.000-06:00Dr. Tufte said, “We get upset when gas stations ra...Dr. Tufte said, “We get upset when gas stations raise the price of their gas, indicating that we expect them to lower the price for us. Yet, we are appalled when employers have the same expectations of us and our labor.”<BR/><BR/>I agree. It's true that selfishness is an issue. Most people are only concerned about how things affect them and forget to look at the big picture. While outsourcing Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123732548787517799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-1164658004422525732006-11-27T13:06:00.000-07:002006-11-27T13:06:00.000-07:00Agreed.A lot of control issues too ...Agreed.<BR/><BR/>A lot of control issues too ...Dr. Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-1164169226722448272006-11-21T21:20:00.000-07:002006-11-21T21:20:00.000-07:00"I tend to think this is an issue where there is a..."I tend to think this is an issue where there is a lot of selfishness involved."<BR/><BR/>Precisely!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-1146772437204011192006-05-04T13:53:00.000-06:002006-05-04T13:53:00.000-06:00The posts and comments are all good here.I tend to...The posts and comments are all good here.<BR/><BR/>I tend to think this is an issue where there is a lot of selfishness involved. <BR/><BR/>We get upset when gas stations raise the price of their gas, indicating that we expect them to lower the price for us. Yet, we are appalled when employers have the same expectations of us and our labor.Dr. Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-1144965561670422152006-04-13T15:59:00.000-06:002006-04-13T15:59:00.000-06:00Some people won’t appreciate this, but I’m going t...Some people won’t appreciate this, but I’m going to say that I think that the market determines the value of labor. The jobs that are lost in America to outsourcing are lost because they are priced too high; they are simply priced out of the market. I think outsourcing is cool because it lowers costs for companies that outsource, thus lowering costs for me.Jerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621358116141593544noreply@blogger.com