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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Tom Cox
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by Tom Cox - Oct. 1, 2008

This story tries to take on an important issue, and fails utterly - the reader is left with no clear understanding of what the statistical anomaly really is, or even if it exists, or why; what could be done better; or what the policy implications for future data collection would be. This is really just a fear-mongering piece about the evils of globalization, and the "questionable" statistics are the only excuse for even running the story. Dreadful journalism, and one of the reasons I avoid Business Weak.

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