--- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 09:57:43 -0500 From: Donald Boudreaux <dboudrea@private> Subject: on foreign workers 19 December 2003 Editor, The New York Times 229 W. 43rd St. New York, NY 10036-3959 Dear Editor: I'm curious: why, exactly, is it immoral for corporations to hire foreigners rather than Americans? Bob Herbert recently suggested that it is so, and reader Joel Cohen agrees. Mr. Cohen apparently finds it unethical that his credit-card company hires Indians to field customer inquiries (Letters, December 19th). If hiring an American is noble, surely hiring an Indian or a Malaysian is even more so. No matter the current state of American job opportunities, such opportunities in developing countries are far worse. Ethically enlightened people should applaud, rather than jeer, companies that offer employment opportunities to the world's neediest people. Sincerely, Donald J. Boudreaux Chairman, Department of Economics George Mason University Fairfax, VA 22030 703-993-1157 (office) 703-993-1133 (fax) 703-426-9299 (home) 571-426-5751 (cell) dboudrea@private _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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