【正文】 especially if you39。s a good one. David: ... Or ... um ... hiding a magazine inside a large work manual. Cynthia: Right, her tips were funny ... So what about you, Marc? What did you think of the book? Marc: Well, in places, it was humorous, no question. But overall, I found it to be rather negative in spite of the humor. Cynthia: What bothered you about the book? Can you think of a specific example? Marc: Well, one thing Maier says in her book is to be nice to temporary workers. Why? Because they are the only ones who do any real work. In other words, the other people in the pany are all just modernday slaves ...They aren39。s pretty funny. Marc: And then there39。ll just have to work extra hard for little money. Instead of encouraging people to figure out what else they could be doing with their lives, she tells them it39。t really find that very funny, I guess. David: Yes, but Maier is being ironic, Marc ... Marc: I know what you39。m getting at is that Maier39。s pointless to try to change things in the workplace ... you know, that you can be replaced by another person at any time. Her message is that you can39。s workplace, and you39。t trying to write a selfhelp book, Marc. When she tells us to go for the most useless position in the pany so that you won39。s not being entirely serious. It39。s name. Then pare your answers with a partner and give your reasons. Interviewer: Why don39。re now a business development manager for an international technology pany. !t doesn39。s a lovely little place that specializes in imported food from Greece, Spain, and Italy. There39。d drop in there once a week or so to pick up different items. But the next thing you knew, i was talking with the owner, Alex Kanellos, about a cheese or a certain wine. Then one day, he jokingly suggested that i work in the deli since I had all of these ideas. I just laughed when he said it, but when I got home, ! couldn39。m thirty years old and I39。ve been working there every Saturday for the last couple of years. Interviewer: What led to your decision to buy the deli? Resende: About eight months ago, Mr. Kanellos mentioned that he was getting ready to retire, and was going to sell the place. So, l started thinking ... lf he39。m going to stay for another three months, until Mr. Kanellos retires. Interviewer: How are your family and friends reacting to the news? Resende: My friends are really happy for me. A lot of them have jobs they can39。t thrilled, though. She39。m sure she39。s cost savings, those panies wouldn39。ll invest. O39。s founders are Indian immigrants, as are most of its 70 . employees. It39。il says the lower costs will also speed up Kommendio39。s offshoring business is growing faster than it expected. The pany plans to add a total of about a thousand jobs in India this year and next. S. Atlantic says hiring in the United States will be proportional, so that39。s expected to slow because tech panies plan to hire fewer than half the number of workers they did last year. O39。s clear that there is a lot of creative destruction in capitalist societies and economies, and nowhere more so than in Silicon Valley. And the benefits of that sort of creative destruction, at the bottom line, are fundamentally, economic growth and more jobs in the long run. TV reporter: In the near term, however, most of S. Atlantic39。s nice to meet you. Please, have a seat. Joel: Thanks, Mr. Young. Mri Young: So, is this your first time visiting with a financial advisor? Carrie: Yeah, it is for me. Joel: Me too. Mr. Young: OK, that39。t see how it39。t get things under control, we39。t need, and now we39。t have any kind of financial plan. We39。s going to happen if one of us loses our job? Mr. Young: Let39。t hopeless. One thing to do is to start tracking your expenses. Then, make cutting back on these expenses a priority, Carrie: That39。s see ... Joel, you39。t you? Joel: Yes, I am. Mr. Young: Well, one thing I’d suggest right off the bat is for you to sell that new car. Joel: I39。s look at your daily habits. You have cable TV, right? Joel: Yeah. Mr. Young: And what about magazine subscriptions? Did you calculate that for me? Carrie: Yep. We spend about $250 a year on magazines. The cable bill runs about ... I don39。s more like 60 ... So that es out to about $720 a year. Mr. Young: OK, so let39。s $125 a year plus eliminate the $720 for cable. Carrie: Wow, that39。t really go out that often. Carrie: Yeah, maybe we go to the movies or see a band somewhere once or twice a month. Joel: And we do meet friends for dinner on Saturdays, but most of the week, we eat at home. Carrie: Yeah, but we do get takeout at the Chinese restaurant about once a week. Joel: Oh yeah. And I usually grab a cup of coffee in the morning on my way to work. Does that count? Mr. Young: You know, if you buy a cup of coffee every morning it can really add up. Just think about how much you spend every day. Now think about how much that coffee will cost you over 10 years. Joel: Wow. I had no idea. Mr. Young: Yeah ... I39。t do, such as janitorial and factory work. In addition, by working abroad and sending money home, migrant workers are helping to improve the lives of their families. Money sent home can be used to buy a house, send someone to school, or start a small business. These are opportunities that families in some countries might not have otherwise. Moreover, the money that migrant workers send home has an impact on the economies of their countries of origin. It helps to sustain, and sometimes improve, the economic wellbeing of the home country. In 2020, for example, Brazilian workers in Japan sent more money home than Brazil made by exporting coffee that year. Another statistic points out that a very small percentage of india39