Seattle--While outsourcing and the often-subsequent offshoring of jobs may not always be front-page news, more companies continue to pursue it on an ever-broadening scale. A new book called “Outsourcing America,” written by Ron Hira and Anil Hira, is designed to reach the average reader and help stimulate a broader debate on outsourcing and offshoring. The authors make a strong case that we've only seen the tip of the iceberg, and it will take an attitude change on the part of workers and policy makers to ensure that high-wage work remains in the U.S. In doing so they debunk much of the current rhetoric about free-trade policies.
Media voices often proclaim that outsourcing and its companion strategy of offshoring will have only positive effects for Americans, in the form of lower-cost goods and better jobs for displaced workers. Several high profile reports from 2003-2004 argue according to this line. These reports helped shape media attitudes, as offshoring became a hot topic during the 2004 Presidential campaign.
Moreover, proponents of outsourcing and offshoring often refer to those who warn us about the negative impacts of these practices as "protectionists" and "isolationists" because they ignore the virtues of "free trade.”
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http://www.techsunite.org/060105_outsourcing_book.cfm
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