The article suggests a number of causes -- outsourcing, corporate slowdown, and corporate screwups. I remember not long ago when people on campus were saying that it would be mathematically impossible to supply enough programmers given the impending demand. Sort of like when I was a freshman and Sputnik, and the projected demand for engineers was supposed to skyrocket. The result was a vast oversupply of engineers.
-- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
