serious: The World is Flat by *sorry forgot author*
it talks about outsourcing and so-called "slave labor" and "sweat shops" in other countries etc.
it sort of defends outsourcing and explains why it actually makes sense when you think of labor as a product.
example (possibly right from the books, i'm not sure): alaska needs bananas but they cant grow bananas (or its not cost effective for them to do so) so they ship bananas in from elsewhere for profit. they get something they need and provide work for the people who have that product. we can hire computer tech support phone opertators in india for much cheaper than we can in america. those companys save money, and the the phone operators in india make much more money than they would selling pots or something (whatever they do in india, idk). so the wages they are making seem criminally low to us, they are actually very good earnings for someone in india.
long story short: everyone wins. *
*note: this is not defending actual slave labor/forced labor/child labor or anything that evil. i'm speaking only about people who are working willingly.
anyway, to get back on topic: its a good book and it might change the way you look at the world.
