Jobs and Writing About Jobs
The new Shell-Economist essay contest opened today, with the topic: Export Jobs or Import Workers?, a timely topic here and abroad, with Telstra (the national phone system, partially privatized) sending call center jobs to India, much as other companies have done in the States (a practice immediately in disrepute and continuing to cause trouble). Because it’s sponsored by The Economist, a little America-bashing is in order, but since last year’s winner was “Interview with a Fungus,” I figure a little disingenuous idiocy may also be called for.