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Yes but India has/(had? kinda not really) the caste system so it would be expected that people in the same family have the same profession. Intellectually speak
by dusklight 15y ago
Yes but India has/(had? kinda not really) the caste system so it would be expected that people in the same family have the same profession. Intellectually speaking, in your average Indian village just how many people would you expect to be schoolteachers and how many would you expect to be labourers? Approximately 50% of the population is female, do you think the number of schoolteachers in a pre-globalization Indian village approaches that ratio? What were these other women doing then?
- baltcode 15y agoYes, India has a caste system. It hasn't "gone away", but it doesn't necessarily mean everyone in the same family is always forced to work in the same profession and it hasn't had the force of law for quite a while. These things can subtly create significant hurdles for many people, but so does poverty or membership in unpopular groups for people in countries other than India. I think I am pro free marker, but something I find irritating is Tom Friedman-esque simplistic assumptions that aren't true. I don't think many village laborers were able to improve their lot and become school teachers due to BPO businesses. Its not a statement against globalization, just the way things are right now. Also, the economic liberalization process changed some things about Indian commerce irrespective of globalization.
- badmash69 15y agoFunny -- I had never heard of the "Teacher" caste before. But by the same measure of anecdotal evidence, there must exist a "Hollywood caste” in US -- how else would you explain Will Smith's kids going into entertainment biz. Or may be there is a Pizza maker caste -- what else could explain the family owned pizzeria next door. My daughter's paediatrician is my doctor's son and he is married to nurse. There must be a doctor caste to explain this.