The Real Cost Of Offshoring

U.S. data show that moving jobs overseas hasn't hurt the economy. Here's why those stats are wrong

In terms of trade policy, the new perspective suggests the U.S. may have a worse competitiveness problem than most people realized. It was easy to downplay the huge trade deficit as long as it seemed as though domestic growth was strong. But if the import boom is actually creating only a facade of growth, that's a different story. This lends more credence to corporate leaders such as CEO John Chambers of Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO ) who have publicly worried ... Full Story »

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by Tom McCarthy - Jun. 9, 2007

Yes, it is long overdue. This is a problem which has been completely ignored by the government and the business community. When the American (former, now unemployed) worker can not afford to purchase the cheap product produced overseas, the system will finally fail.

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