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2006 * * * Y E A R * * * O F * * * T H E * * * S E N I O R
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Goa Sudharop Annual Awards on November 20, 2006 @ Mandovi Hotel @ 4:30pm
Chief Guest: Dr. Asha Vishwanath Sawardekar
A series of essays as a tribute to Goan Seniors can be found at:
http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=524
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--- Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Now, before you say China is not the right example,
> labour flows in China is much the say way as it
> would in the US, dictated by demand, supply and the
> market wage-rate. Which is why peasants forsake
> their jobs in the countryside and make their way to
> manufacturing units in the cities. However, given
> human greed it is easy to exploit them.
>
Mario asks:
>
So, according to you, there is no difference between a
communist system and a free-market system, which is
patently absurd.
>
Who decides whether a person is "exploited" and to
what extent?
>
Based on the socialist standards of Europe every
American and Indian worker would be considered
"exploited".
>
Selma writes:
>
> In the same issue there is an interview with Azim
> Premji of Wipro. He has this to say about wages in
> India:
>
> EXCERPT:
> An Indian engineer from a good university costs
> between $8000 and $9000 a year compared with $45,000
> in the US or Europe. .....it would take more than 30
> years for the two to converge.
> End of excerpt.
>
> That's about 4.5 lakhs for an engineer, even
> adjusted for purchasing power parity, that's a huge
> difference with his US counterpart. Indian
> companies will only get greedier with whitecollare
> outsourced business, just like China does with the
> manufacturing jobs. The pressure to produce more
> for less is a main component of capitalism.
>
Mario responds:
>
So, who decides what the wages and conditions should
be when there are workers willing to accept what is
being offered?
>
Selma writes:
>
> I'm a die hard capitalist but the free-market cannot
> be counted on to be an equaliser of human rights.
> That has to come from the conscience of the
> community.
>
> Now before you give me some free-market rhetoric,
> for once I'd like an answer that really examines the
> issues.
>
Mario responds:
>
You are about as die-hard a capitalist as Karl Marx.
A real examination of the issues would include the
fact that it is no one else's business what a worker
is willing to accept in terms of wages and benefits.
>
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