Outsourcing; the future global model

By Mike Pankonien The pen I used to write down ideas for this article column was made in China. The laptop I am typing this on was made in Malaysia. The tech support I called when my laptop died suddenly is based in India. Welcome to the global economy of the world, folks: in this brave new world, trade that was once restricted to the local market has moved to the colossal market that is the world. Resources move across the planet, products are manufactured on one side of the of the world, so they can be sold to the other, and money changes hands between cultures and people who, a hundred years ago, were…