TransmissionThe excerpt from Hari Kunzru’s novel Transmission in your textbook is an example of the globalization of the workplace. This is also known as “outsourcing”; that is, moving jobs out of Western countries to less expensive countries with a cheaper workforce. It takes place in India in the Mehta family, a family about to have their lives changed by the global economy. Read more in Access to International English, pp. 231-235. Then do the tasks in the textbook and on this website. ![]()
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