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The Other Side of Outsourcing In Friedman’s 2004 Discovery Channel documentary “The other side of outsourcing” chronicles the media pundit’s journey to Bangalore, India, the city that were globalized within last decade and that has become an emblem of the information economy’s flexible and migrant modes of production. Friedman’s sojourn in Bangalore, as the introductory scenes of the video explain, is intended to enlighten U.S. citizens who are incensed about jobs being shipped overseas to Indian workers, that outsourcing has many other sides including hidden benefits to the U.S. economy. At pivotal moments in the video, Friedman argues that Indian workers’ increasing demand for goods exported from the United States will boost the domestic economy here and in turn support the creation of new and innovative jobs for U.S. workers. I do agree with the Friedman's opinion that the other side of outsourcing is a stimulating and entertaining narrative on India’s aggressive embrace of globalization in the past 15 years. The documentary’s high-quality creative and production features—Friedman’s animated interviewing style amd intimate ethnographic scenes of young Indians performing their routines of work and leisure, and the range of interviews with business leaders, call center workers, social
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