OUTSOURCING BIBLIOGRAPHY
Committee of 100
Publication dates: 11/30/03-5/31/04*
343 total citations
Publications (335 citations from selected national, regional and business
newspapers and magazines). Includes:
 News Stories
 Commentary (local and syndicated columns, op-eds, guest editorials, and question
& answers)
 Editorials, the unsigned opinions of the publication.
*Although our search covered a specific six-month period, articles published outside
that period were brought to our attention, and we have posted the best of those along
with those produced as a result of our search.
BusinessWeek (15 citations)
Charlotte Observer (17)
Chicago Tribune (19)
Columbia Journalism Review (1)
The Economist (4)
Fast Company (7)
Financial Times (31)
Foreign Affairs (1)
Los Angeles Times (25)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (13)
New York Times (45)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (28)
San Francisco Chronicle (18)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (28)
Time Magazine (3)
U.S. News & World Report (2)
Wall Street Journal (44)
Washington Post (34)
Statements of non-elective public officials
Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve chairman
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., Federal Reserve vice chairman
Ben S. Bernanke, Federal Reserve governor
Donald L. Kohn, Federal Reserve governor
Robert Parry, Federal Reserve governor (3)
N. Gregory Mankiw, Bush economic advisor
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BusinessWeek citations (15)
News stories (6)
Commentary (7)
Editorials (2)
NEWS STORIES
“Look Who's Going Offshore: Tech startups are heading overseas even more eagerly than
multinationals”
Spencer E. Ante with Robert D. Hof (staff writers), Business Week (May 17, 2004)
“A new trend is sweeping through Silicon Valley and other centers of U.S. innovation.
Startups, spurred by their venture investors, are catching offshore fever, and not just a
mild case -- like some big multinationals have.”
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“The Let-Someone-Else-Do-It Strategy: Outsourcing tech functions can be a big moneysaver. Just don't ignore the hidden costs, oversight issues, and other pitfalls”
Olga Kharif (staff writer), Business Week online, Special Report: A CEO's Guide To
Technology (April 13, 2004)
“Despite all these concerns, tech outsourcing is likely to thrive for the foreseeable future - particularly since money for tech projects will remain tight even as corporations' tech
needs grow. As Mobil's experience shows, outsourcing can work, and work well -- if
companies approach it with a clear eye.”
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2004/tc20040413_4748_tc146.htm
“One Giant Global Labor Pool? Below the boiling political rhetoric, a real threat
America's workers face is the potential for U.S. wages to sink to overseas levels”
Aaron Bernstein (staff writer), Business Week online, Special Report: Election '04 – Jobs
(March 22, 2004)
“[T]he recent transfer to other countries of so-called knowledge work -- jobs requiring
lots of education and creative skills -- could be a signal of what lies ahead. For a
precedent, look at what globalization has done to the pay of less-skilled U.S. factory
workers over the past three decades or so.”
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“Economic growth is very strong, but America isn't generating enough jobs. Many blame
outsourcing. The truth is a lot more complicated”
Bruce Nussbaum (staff writer), Business Week, Special Report Where Are The Jobs?
(March 22, 2004)
“While America's faith in its innovation economy has often been tested, it has never been
betrayed. Given the chance, the economy will deliver the jobs and prosperity that it has in
the past.”
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“Gunning for the U.S. in Technology: Once the undisputed leader, America is now under
assault from countries worldwide. How did this happen, and will the U.S. be able to fight
back?”
Business Week online, America's Tech Might: Slipping? (March 16, 2004)
“In the history of the U.S. technology industry, 2004 will be remembered as the year that
outsourcing hit home. … As outsourcing has begun to hit high-salary jobs in
programming and tech services, the trend is giving rise to a wider fear -- that U.S.
dominance in high tech is starting to wane.”
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“Programming jobs are heading overseas by the thousands. Is there a way for the U.S. to
stay on top?”
Stephen Baker and Manjeet Kripalani (staff writers), BusinessWeek, Cover Story:
Software (March 1, 2004)
“The Internet links that were being pieced together at the turn of the century now provide
broadband connections between multinational companies and brainy programmers the
world over. For Deepa and tens of thousands of other Indian students, the globalization of
technology offers the promise of power and riches in a blossoming local tech industry.
But for Stephen and his classmates in the U.S., the sudden need to compete with workers
across the world ushers in an era of uncertainty. Will good jobs be waiting for them when
they graduate?”
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COMMENTARY
“A Double Standard on Trade: Corporations that offshore jobs need to play fair. That
means abandoning protectionist stances when it comes to their products”
Christopher Farrell (columnist), Business Week online, Sound Money (April 9, 2004)
“Little wonder both political parties are flirting with protectionist measures to address
worker fears this election year. Yet erecting trade barriers to save jobs and restrain
competition will only backfire on workers and consumers. The costs of trade and job
barricades outweigh the benefits.”
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/apr2004/nf2004049_0300_db013.htm
“The Global Payoff from Outsourcing: Intensely criticized in the U.S. these days, the
practice offers a wide range of potential benefits to people around the world”
Christopher Farrell (columnist), Business Week online, Sound Money (April 2, 2004)
“The heated debate over outsourcing in the U.S. has been colored with gloom during a
period of sluggish job growth. … Domestically at least, history is on the optimists' side.
What's different today is that the competitive rewards of a successful outsourcing strategy
in the developing world may be tipping the scales toward fast, sustainable gains in living
standards around the globe.”
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“The Jobless Recovery Is ‘Understandable’: Juniper Networks CEO Scott Kriens says it's
the result not of offshore outsourcing but of ‘caution by corporations’”
Business Week online, Special Report: Election '04 – Jobs (March 22, 2004)
“Q: But certainly every job that goes overseas is a job an American doesn't get.
A: Of course. I'm not saying there wouldn't be more job growth. But if you removed
offshoring altogether, there would still be a lag between economic growth and job
growth. People are attributing all of [the concern about the lack of new jobs] to
offshoring, when much of it's due to an understandable caution by corporations.”
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“Now More Than Ever, Innovation Is The Answer: Jobs will arise from the creation of
new products, processes, and markets”
Robert D. Hof (staff writer), BusinessWeek, Cover Story: Software/Commentary (March
1, 2004)
“Pity the poor tech workers: Who else in business must keep creating the very
innovations that may someday obliterate their own jobs? Yet now more than ever, they
have no choice. Continuing to innovate is the one way tech workers and their companies
can survive the latest disruption. They must keep creating leading-edge technologies that
make their companies more productive -- and especially, innovations that spark entirely
new markets.”
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_09/b3872012_mz001.htm
“Outsourcing Isn’t ‘a Zero-Sum Game’: Tech entrepreneur Marc Andreessen says it's
‘the story of history’ and that new jobs will arise in the U.S. as new industries are born”
Question & Answer, BusinessWeek, Cover Story: Software/Online Extra (March 1,
2004)
“Marc Andreessen, a cofounder of Netscape Communications, stands squarely in the
middle of the offshore-outsourcing debate. The startup he now chairs, Opsware Inc.,
automates data centers, making it easier for companies to manage operations worldwide - including offshore activities. At the same time, Opsware is now considering hiring a
few people in India to take advantage of talent at lower wages there. Andreessen, an
unrepentant believer in entrepreneurial capitalism, thinks new jobs and new industries
will emerge in the U.S. that will more than fill the current jobs gap.”
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“Shifting Work Offshore? Outsourcer Beware: Quality and security woes can eat
expected savings”
Spencer E. Ante (staff writer), Business Week, Commentary (January 12, 2004)
“But as Intentia's experience shows, these shifts overseas carry risks that need to be
considered along with the potential rewards. Shoddy quality, security snafus, and poor
customer service often wipe out any benefits.”
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“The GOP Doth Protect Too Much, Methinks”
Robert J. Barro, Business Week, Economic Viewpoint (December 15, 2003)
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“Some of the Bush Administration's economic policies have been admirable. … Other
policies, however, are worrisome. The pattern is to favor special interests over the whole
economy. The special-interest policies include protectionist interventions.”
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EDITORIALS
“Jobs: Innovation Is the Answer, And Washington Must Help”
Editorial (unsigned), Business Week (March 22, 2004)
“Commercializing innovation is America's core competence. We do it better than anyone
else. But faced with other potential innovators on the global scene, we have to start doing
it even better.”
http://www.businessweek.com/
“Rising To India's Challenge”
Editorial (unsigned), Business Week (December 8, 2003)
“How India affects jobs in the U.S. ultimately depends as much on America as it does on
India. The remarkable high-tech rise of India is a much-less-told tale than the ascendancy
of China. Yet its impact may be greater.”
http://www.businessweek.com/
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Charlotte Observer citations (17)
News stories (14)
Commentary (3)
NEWS STORIES
"Report Discusses Acceleration of Outsourcing in U.S."
Stella M. Hopkins (staff writer), The Charlotte Observer (May 18, 2004, Tuesday)
“U.S. companies are sending computer and other white-collar jobs overseas at a much
faster pace than originally estimated, according to a report Monday.”
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/archives/
"Loss Of U.S. Jobs To Overseas Workers Is Well-Known. But Do You Know About Jobs
Foreign Firms Bring Here?"
Charles Lunan (staff writer), The Charlotte Observer (May 9, 2004)
“As Americans debate the loss of U.S. jobs to foreign countries, Thomas Davis represents
what some economists call the unsung face of global trade: American workers who
benefit.”
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/archives/
"Bush Sticks To Free-Trade Agenda Despite Criticism"
Martin Crutsinger (Associated Press), The Charlotte Observer (April 10, 2004)
“President Bush, apparently ignoring Democratic broadsides about soaring trade deficits
and lost manufacturing jobs, is campaigning as an unrepentant free trader.”
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/archives/
"Offshoring Jobs Could Hurt Tax Coffers, Critics Warn"
Rachel Konrad (Associated Press), The Charlotte Observer (April 8, 2004)
“As U.S. companies shift jobs to low-paid workers in developing nations, a growing
number of economists and politicians worry that offshore outsourcing could damage the
nation's fiscal health by draining tax coffers. Although proponents of offshoring dismiss
such concerns as far-fetched or naive, some tax experts say the migration of lucrative
technology jobs to India and China is shrinking U.S. employee tax contributions and
could exacerbate state budget shortfalls.”
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/archives/
"Job Losses Threaten Region's Bush Support"
Scott Dodd and Charles Lunan, (staff writers), The Charlotte Observer (February 26,
2004)
“President Bush visits Charlotte today in an economic climate very different from when
he won the Carolinas four years ago. At least 200,000 jobs in both states have vanished
since Bush took office - mostly in manufacturing, the region's traditional economic base.
That's not expected to turn either state from Republican red to Democratic blue on the
electoral map.”
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“Greenspan Protests ‘Protectionist Cures’”
Martin Crutsinger (Associated Press), The Charlotte Observer (February 21, 2004)
“Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned on Friday that ‘protectionist cures’
being advanced to deal with the country's job insecurities would make the situation
worse. Entering the politically charged debate over U.S. service jobs being shipped
overseas, Greenspan said it was a lack of adequate educational training rather than
‘outsourcing’ that posed the greatest threat to future American prosperity.”
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/archives/
"U.S. Officials Come to Kannapolis, N.C., to Discuss Job Losses"
Ronnie Glassberg (staff writer), The Charlotte Observer (February 14, 2004, Saturday)
“U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao Friday downplayed the significance of U.S.
companies outsourcing jobs overseas but said she understands workers' fears.”
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/archives/
"Democrats Attack Bush over Lost Jobs"
Jim Morrill (staff writer), The Charlotte Observer, Decision 2004 (February 13, 2004)
“Democratic presidential candidates, who for months have blasted President Bush over
the loss of blue-collar jobs, have suddenly turned their attention to the exodus of whitecollar jobs. Democrats jumped on remarks this week by a top Bush adviser who said that
‘outsourcing,’ the move of high-tech and other jobs overseas, ‘is a good thing,’ even if
painful in the short run.”
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"North, South Carolina among States to Use Bans to Stem Outsourcing-Related Job
Losses"
Stella M. Hopkins (staff writer), The Charlotte Observer (February 7, 2004, Saturday)
“At least 15 states, including South Carolina, are rushing to stem the loss of white-collar
jobs to lower-wage countries. The Observer found that in just the past four weeks, the
states have proposed legislation ranging from a total ban on state agencies sending work
abroad to banning call centers on state contracts.”
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"Report: U.S. Textile Jobs Plunge 10 Percent in 2003"
Tony Mecia (staff writer), The Charlotte Observer (January 13, 2004, Tuesday)
“In 2004, companies are pushing an agenda that includes rejecting a new trade agreement
with Central America and forcing the Bush administration to limit imports from China. ...
Companies are registering textile workers to vote, and last week a trade group led by S.C.
textile magnate Roger Milliken posted nine billboards in the state that read: ‘Lost Your
Job to Free Trade and Offshoring Yet? Vote.’”
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/archives/
"IBM To Move More Software Jobs Out"
Associated Press, The Charlotte Observer (December 16, 2003)
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“IBM Corp. plans to move up to several thousand skilled software jobs from the United
States to India, China and other countries, which could amount to one of the biggest such
actions yet in the technology industry.”
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"Biggest Names in Carolinas Part of Offshore Outsourcing Trend"
Observer Staff, companies listed and regulatory filings, The Charlotte Observer
(December 14, 2003, Sunday)
“From July through December, The Observer surveyed 100 of the Carolinas' largest
publicly held companies about whether they have used offshore outsourcing, either
directly or through another firm. Twenty-five of the surveyed companies said they have
used the cost-cutting strategy.”
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"Jobs in Foreign Lands Create Demand for U.S. Coordinators"
Stella M. Hopkins (staff writer), The Charlotte Observer (December 14, 2003, Sunday)
“Managing people is hard enough. Imagine doing it across thousands of miles with
employees you've never met, who come from different cultures and are going home about
the time America wakes up. That's the job of a project manager for companies sending
programming work overseas. And the rush abroad is creating big demand for the
position.”
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/archives/
"North Carolina Companies among Leaders in Sending Computer Jobs Overseas"
Stella M. Hopkins And Sarah Jane Tribble (staff writers), The Charlotte Observer, "The
Rush Overseas" (December 14, 2003)
“The move abroad - often called offshoring or foreign outsourcing - echoes the loss of
manufacturing jobs to low-wage countries. After decades of textile losses, that's a trauma
the Carolinas know well. But it's a new reality for service workers, long immune to the
global wage battle.”
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COMMENTARY
BILL FERGUSON
"‘What Are We Supposed To Do Now?’"
Bill Ferguson (Knight Ridder), The Charlotte Observer (May 9, 2004)
“Twenty years ago I was 17 years old and puzzling over what kind of career I wanted to
have. High on my list of priorities was finding a job in a field that offered high salaries
and good prospects for long-term employment growth. So even though I always got
better grades in English class than in math and science, I decided to pursue a technical
degree.”
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HOLLY SKLAR
"Don't Outsource Workers, Bring In CEOs"
Holly Sklar (Knight Ridder Newspapers), The Charlotte Observer (April 29, 2004)
“American companies are busily outsourcing workers when they should be insourcing
CEOs from other countries. U.S. CEOs are way too expensive.”
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GUEST EDITORIAL
"Put American Jobs First"
Inez Tenenbaum (guest columnist, state superintendent of education and candidate for the
Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate), The Charlotte Observer (February 29, 2004)
“Thousands of unemployed workers looking for jobs in South Carolina's Upstate must
find very little comfort in any of the employment headlines from recent weeks.”
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/archives/
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Chicago Tribune citations (19)
News stories (13)
Commentary (4)
Editorials (2)
NEWS STORIES
“Outsourcing: Analysts increase job-loss estimates”
Associated Press, Chicago Tribune, Business section: The Ticker (May 18, 2004)
“Roughly 830,000 U.S. service-sector jobs--such as telemarketers, accountants, software
engineers and chief technology officers--will move abroad by the end of 2005, according
to a report released Monday by Forrester Research Inc.”
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MT=ABS&FMTS=FT&date=May+18%2C+2004&author=Associated+Press&desc=OU
TSOURCING%3A+Analysts+increase+job-loss+estimates
“U.S. Workers Find Wages Lagging Behind as Economic Recovery Zooms Ahead”
Ameet Sachdev (staff writer), Chicago Tribune (May 9, 2004, Sunday)
“The reasons for labor's poor showing are not hard to spot. Employment rolls have
shrunk by 1.6 million jobs since the recession's start in March 2001. About one-quarter of
those jobs were lost in the two-year period since the end of the recession. Outsourcing,
particularly the shifting of work to China and India, is one factor why hiring at home has
been sparse. Companies are more focused on lowering costs to boost profit and recover
ground lost in the stock market plunge that started in 2000.”
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+staff+reporter&desc=Rank+and+file+left+out+of+recovery+%3B+No+real+wage+rise
%3B+some+show+a+loss
“Offshoring jobs becomes 2-way street, some say”
Marilyn Geewax (Cox News Service), Chicago Tribune, Business section (May 4, 2004)
“They point to statistics showing 6.5 million U.S. workers get paychecks from employers
based in Asia, Europe, Canada and elsewhere. And they argue that legislative efforts to
thwart offshoring could backfire and discourage foreign employers from creating highpaying U.S. jobs.”
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News+Service&desc=Offshoring+jobs+becomes+2-way+street%2C+some+say
“Caterpillar Leader Expects Negotiators, Union to Meet Again to Discuss Contract”
Michael A. Lev (staff writer), Chicago Tribune (April 28, 2004, Wednesday)
“Despite widespread concerns about U.S. manufacturing jobs moving to China, Owens
said his visit here was ‘not related’ to the trend in outsourcing and the new union
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contract. As a global company, however, Owens said it would be inevitable that some
products or components made in China would be exported.”
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MT=ABS&FMTS=FT&date=Apr+28%2C+2004&author=Michael+A+Lev%2C+Tribun
e+Foreign+Correspondent&desc=Caterpillar%2C+union+talks+to+restart
“Global Economy Strains Worker Loyalty in Indiana Company Town”
Michael Oneal (staff writer), Chicago Tribune, Tribune Special Report, Outsourcing:
Pain And Profit, First of two parts. (April 4, 2004, Sunday)
“In Columbus, a tightly knit community of about 39,000, the story of globalization is not
a tale of ‘Benedict Arnold CEOs’ or macroeconomic theory. It's the story of how an
intimate relationship between company and town can clash with the relentless march of
technology in a world with shrinking borders. Columbus has adjusted to the new reality
and remains a healthy, prosperous town. But the paternalism that once sustained it is no
match for the incessant demands for cost-cutting at Cummins. Markets like China and
India present rich new opportunities. To ignore them likely would put the company, and
all its jobs, at risk.”
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MT=ABS&FMTS=FT&date=Apr+4%2C+2004&author=Michael+Oneal%2C+Tribune+
staff+reporter&desc=Global+economy+strains+loyalty+in+company+town+%3B+Cum
mins+Inc.+has+long+driven.
“Red wagons rolling to China: Chicago-based American icon to quit making its famous
wagons here, resulting in lost jobs for about half its 90 workers. Its headquarters and
distribution arm will stay”
Rob Kaiser (staff writer), Chicago Tribune, Business section (March 30, 2004)
“Another slice of Americana is being outsourced to China. Radio Flyer Inc. will stop
making its famous red metal wagons in Chicago by the fall, halting its final
manufacturing operation and releasing nearly half of its 90 employees. … Radio Flyer's
decision follows a well-worn path to China in the toy industry. Today, China makes 80
percent of the world's toys, according to industry estimates.”
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MT=ABS&FMTS=FT&date=Mar+30%2C+2004&author=Rob+Kaiser%2C+Tribune+st
aff+reporter&desc=Red+wagons+rolling+to+China+%3B+Chicagobased+American+icon+to+quit+making+its+fa.
“Some Experts Say Offshore Outcry Masks U.S. Shortage of Technology Labor”
Susan Chandler (staff writer), Chicago Tribune (March 14, 2004, Sunday)
“Sure, some high-tech and engineering jobs are going to Asia. Some 290,000 IT jobs
have moved offshore since 1999, Forrester estimates. Many of them are relatively lowlevel positions such as code writers or program debuggers, say those who track job shifts.
But the hand-wringers are overlooking an even bigger phenomenon: an ongoing shortage
of high-tech workers in this country that has been only partially allayed by importing
foreign tech workers.”
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MT=ABS&FMTS=FT&date=Mar+14%2C+2004&author=Susan+Chandler%2C+Tribun
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e+staff+reporter&desc=Offshore+outcry+masks+U.S.+tech+shortage+%3B+Room+to+g
row+here%2C+abroad%2C+e
“Jobs Czar Candidate Withdraws”
William Neikirk (staff writer), Chicago Tribune (March 12, 2004, Friday)
“The White House said [Anthony Raimondo] withdrew because of issues in the Senate,
meaning he likely would not have been confirmed. In fact, the White House had little
choice but to back away from Raimondo's candidacy because Democrats probably would
have pounced on the appointment as a sign that the Bush administration looked favorably
upon outsourcing.”
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MT=ABS&FMTS=FT&date=Mar+12%2C+2004&author=William+Neikirk%2C+Tribu
ne+senior+correspondent&desc=Jobs+czar+candidate+withdraws
“Outsourced Technology Workers Find Voice, Listeners in Election Year”
Michael Oneal (staff writer), Chicago Tribune (February 13, 2004, Friday)
“When Scott Kirwin set up a grass-roots advocacy group called the Information
Technology Professionals Association of America last June, he felt like a tiny voice in a
very strong wind. Outsourcing, as practiced by the likes of Intel Corp., J.P Morgan Chase
& Co. and Motorola Inc., was gaining momentum like a force of nature. And technology
workers like Kirwin who had lost their jobs as a result were having little impact on the
political debate. Funny what an election year can do.”
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MT=ABS&FMTS=FT&date=Feb+13%2C+2004&author=Michael+Oneal%2C+Tribune
+staff+reporter&desc=Outsourced+workers+find+voice%2C+listeners+%3B+Peers%2C
+politicians+focus+more
“Greenspan Gives Congress Optimistic Assessment of Economy”
William Neikirk (staff writer), Chicago Tribune (February 12, 2004, Thursday)
“The Fed chief essentially agreed with the administration's point of view, but in more
diplomatic terms. He said that if the U.S. were to put up barriers that discouraged
outsourcing to China, U.S. firms would simply take their work and jobs to other lowwage countries. Greenspan asserted that despite many dark economic periods of the past,
the economy has always produced new and better-paying jobs to replace those that have
gone away.”
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MT=ABS&FMTS=FT&date=Feb+12%2C+2004&author=William+Neikirk%2C+Tribun
e+senior+correspondent&desc=Economy+gets+an+upbeat+appraisal+%3B+Greenspan+
not+rushing+rate+hike
“U.S. Economy Adds 112,000 Jobs During January”
Ameet Sachdev (staff writer), Chicago Tribune (February 7, 2004, Saturday)
“To many analysts, the ongoing gap reinforces the argument that the economy is
undergoing structural changes that will permanently alter hiring patterns. U.S.
productivity grew 5.3 percent in 2003, the fastest pace since 1965. But the rapid increase
in the efficiency of American workers has proved to be a hazard to their own job security.
Last year, non-farm businesses cut 74,000 more jobs than they created. Among other
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changes, global competition is forcing companies to seek low-cost employees in India
and the Philippines and to outsource manufacturing in places like China.”
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MT=ABS&FMTS=FT&date=Feb+7%2C+2004&author=Ameet+Sachdev%2C+Tribune
+staff+reporter&desc=Jobs+jump+112%2C000+but+miss+predictions
“Tech grads find slim pickings, but other fields recovering”
Associated Press, Chicago Tribune, Business section: The World of Work (January 27,
2004)
“While there are hopeful signs outside the technology sector, outsourcing of computer
programming and customer service jobs to China, India and other countries with cheaper
labor costs have dimmed prospects for seniors like [Andrew Zhou], said Richard White,
director of career services at Rutgers.”
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MT=ABS&FMTS=FT&date=Jan+27%2C+2004&author=Associated+Press&desc=Tech
+grads+find+slim+pickings%2C+but+other+fields+recovering
“Industry defends export of tech jobs”
Associated Press, Chicago Tribune, Business section (January 8, 2004)
“Worried about possible government reaction to the movement of U.S. technology jobs
overseas, leading American computer companies are defending recent shifts in
employment to Asia and elsewhere as necessary for future profits and warning
policymakers against restrictions.”
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MT=ABS&FMTS=FT&date=Jan+8%2C+2004&author=Associated+Press&desc=Indust
ry+defends+export+of+tech+jobs
COMMENTARY
STEVE CHAPMAN
“Truths about trade, outsourcing, jobs”
Steve Chapman (Tribune editorial board member), Chicago Tribune, Commentary
(March 14, 2004)
“So what accounts for the shrinkage? The chief explanation is rising productivity, which
allows companies to increase output with fewer workers. This is not a sign of weakness
but a sign of strength, since it means lower costs and ultimately higher wages. It's one
reason the U.S. auto industry built 24 percent more cars and trucks in 2003 than in 1990.”
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man+is+a+member+of+the+Tribune%27s+editorial+board&desc=Truths+about+trade%
2C+outsourcing%2C+jobs
“Outsourcing and trade are no threat to jobs”
Steve Chapman (Tribune editorial board member), Chicago Tribune, Commentary
(February 19, 2004)
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“On the campaign trail, candidates have blamed President Bush for the loss of millions of
jobs, even as they criticize free trade agreements and U.S. corporations that, as John
Kerry puts it, ‘ship jobs abroad.’ But as Cato Institute trade expert Daniel Griswold
points out, U.S. imports have more than tripled since 1980, yet the number of people
employed has risen by 31 million.”
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man+is+a+member+of+the+Tribune%27s+editorial+board&desc=Outsourcing+and+trad
e+are+no+threat+to+jobs
AMITY SHALES
“Forget Mars, U.S. economy looking like the final frontier”
Amity Shales (Financial Times syndicated columnist), Chicago Tribune, Commentary
(January 13, 2004)
“Especially troubling is the volume of U.S. purchases in China. U.S. spending could
cause what the IMF terms ‘disorderly exchange rate adjustment.’ Foreigners would dump
U.S. dollars and cause havoc; interest rates would rise worldwide. And, we are told,
‘higher borrowing costs abroad would mean that adverse effects of U.S. fiscal deficits
would spill over into global investment and output.’”
GUEST COLUMNISTS
“The dregs of American work”
Stephen Franklin (staff reporter), Chicago Tribune, Perspective (April 18, 2004)
“We seem transfixed by the jobs we've lost: clacking keyboards in cubbyholes in India,
filled with workers doing work that used to be done in the U.S.; rows of newly built
factories reaching from Honduras to China, churning out items that once had ‘Made in
U.S.A.’ stamped on them.”
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MT=ABS&FMTS=FT&date=Apr+18%2C+2004&author=Stephen+Franklin%2C+Tribu
ne+staff+reporter&desc=The+dregs+of+American+work
EDITORIALS
“The Democratic jobs message”
Editorial (unsigned), Chicago Tribune (February 22, 2004)
“The Democratic candidates don't have a lot of meaty answers to the problem they
lament. Both [John Kerry] and [John Edwards] vow to repeal tax breaks that induce
manufacturers to move jobs overseas, but University of Chicago trade economist Robert
Aliber says the tax code is ‘a trivial factor in location decisions.’”
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MT=ABS&FMTS=FT&date=Feb+22%2C+2004&author=&desc=The+Democratic+jobs
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“Creating work”
Editorial (unsigned), Chicago Tribune (Dec 19, 2003)
“Economist Brian Wesbury of Chicago's Griffin Kubik Stephens & Thompson
investment firm expects the U.S. to generate 3 million jobs in 2004.”
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/abstract/502646661.html?did=502646661&F
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Columbia Journalism Review citation (1)
“Fact Check: The Two Faces of Lou Dobbs”
Zachary Roth (staff writer), Columbia Journalism Review: Campaign Desk (June 17,
2004)
“But there comes a time when Dobbs takes off his anti-outsourcing hat. That's when he
switches from financial journalist to investment advisor-for-hire, peddling a monthly
newsletter containing his investment recommendations. Pony up $398 and you receive
Dobbs’ investment tips for two years. You'll recognize some of the companies that Dobbs
recommends. That's because they're on his list of firms that are ‘exporting America’ by
shutting down U.S. operations and opening overseas facilities.”
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The Economist citations (4)
Commentary (4)
COMMENTARY
“The economy: Smile, these are good times. Truly: Misplaced fears about jobs in
America”
The Economist (March 13, 2004)
“Last week the Senate approved a bill that forbids the outsourcing of government
contracts—a curious case of a government guaranteeing not to deliver value-for-money
to taxpayers. American anxiety over the economy appears to have tipped over into
paranoia and self-delusion.”
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=S%27%2988%2CPA%5F%24%2
00%234%0A
“The new jobs migration: Foreign competition now affects services as well as
manufacturing. Good”
Editorial, The Economist, Leader: Trade and Employment (February 19, 2004)
“At the moment, the likely disruption to patterns of employment is surely being
exaggerated. The actual and prospective migration of service-sector jobs is small, and
likely to remain so, compared with the background level of job creation and destruction
in an economy with as much vitality as America's. And technological and geographical
constraints will continue to keep many service-sector jobs close to the customer. In some
ways, in fact, this is a pity: the greater the disruption, the greater the benefits.”
http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=2442040
“The great hollowing-out myth: Outsourcing to other countries has become a hot political
issue in America. Contrary to what John Edwards, John Kerry and George Bush seem to
think, it actually sustains”
The Economist, Global Agenda: American Jobs (February 19, 2004)
“Yes, individuals will be hurt in the process, and the focus of public policy should be
directed towards providing a safety net for them, as well as ensuring that Americans have
education to match the new jobs being created. By contrast, regarding globalisation as the
enemy, as Mr Edwards does often and Messrs Kerry and Bush both do by default, is a
much greater threat to America's economic health than any Indian software programmer.”
http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2454530
“Stolen jobs?”
Editorial, The Economist, Leader, U.S. Edition (December 13, 2003)
“In America, in Britain, in Australia, an awful thought has gripped employees in the past
six months or so: India may do for services what China already does for manufacturing.
…To such fears there are two answers. First, some innovation will undoubtedly move
abroad: the relocation of research and design, and the enormous increase in the numbers
of highly trained graduates, will ensure that happens. But the transfer may be slower and
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more modest than xenophobes fear. … Second, innovation abroad makes everyone
richer.”
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Fast Company citations (7)
News stories (3)
Commentary (4)
NEWS STORIES
“Into Thin Air”
Jennifer Reingold (staff writer), Fast Company (April 2004)
“Maybe offshoring is good for the economy in the long run. Maybe it will boost
productivity and save companies. But it's causing real pain to real people. And they never
thought it would happen to them.”
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/81/offshore.html
“A Brief (Recent) History of Offshoring”
Jennifer Reingold (staff writer), Fast Company (April 2004)
“In this Web Exclusive, the CEO of Covansys, one of the first American organizations to
explore offshoring, considers how Indian government regulation, the Y2K problem, and
the widespread acceptance of the Net contributed to the current job loss and economic
insecurity.”
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/81/offshore_extra.html
“Offshore Storm: The Global Razor's Edge”
Carleen Hawn (staff writer), Fast Company (February 2004)
“The defining political issue for America in the next decade has arrived now, courtesy of
India, China, and any number of aspiring developing nations. That issue is offshore
outsourcing--not of blue-collar factory guys, but of well-paid knowledge workers. It is a
question that will get traction in November's elections. It will only grow bigger and more
divisive.”
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/79/razorsedge.html
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COMMENTARY
“Look Into Their Eyes”
Interviews by Fast Company staff writers, Fast Company (April 2004)
“These people lost high-tech jobs to low-wage countries. Try telling them that offshoring
is a good thing in the long run.”
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/81/offshore_profiles.html
“The Faces of the Jobless Recovery”
John A. Byrne (editor), Fast Company: Letter from the Editor (April 2004)
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“Much has already been written about the phenomenon of offshoring, of course. The
general consensus: We'll face a painful transition, but we'll get over it and thrive--just as
we did with the loss of agricultural and manufacturing jobs. Besides, we're told, this
massive job migration will lift the economies of other, poorer nations, providing U.S.
companies with new opportunities to sell their goods. The 35,000-foot-high analysis is
detached, sterile, and remarkably naive and insensitive. Rarely, if ever, is it informed by
the perspective of the displaced who now struggle to meet mortgage and tuition
payments, food and utility bills. It's like covering a war from the cockpit of a B-52
bomber instead of from a battlefield. Yet that's largely how one of the most important
stories in recent memory has been told.”
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/81/edlet.html
“The Responsibility to Retrain”
Jennifer Reingold (staff writer), Fast Company: Question & Answer (April 2004)
“In a Web Exclusive interview with Fast Company, RIT professor Ronil Hira considers
the arguments for and against offshoring, as well as who is responsible for the American
workers left behind.”
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/81/offshore_extra3.html
“Crunching Monster's Numbers”
Jennifer Reingold (staff writer), Fast Company: Question & Answer (April 2004)
“For Jeff Taylor, founder and chairman of Monster.com and a longtime observer of the
employment tea leaves, the hot-button issue of jobs moving abroad ignores what he
thinks is a cold, hard fact: The biggest job-related challenge in this country is likely to be
too many jobs, not too few. This Web Exclusive offers Taylor's argument on why the
aging of the baby boomers means dynamism, not depression, for job seekers.”
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/81/offshore_extra2.html
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Financial Times citations (31)
News stories (25)
Commentary (4)
Editorials (2)
NEWS STORIES
“Frontier of a new global contest”
Justine Lau And Joe Leahy (staff writers), Financial Times, London, England (June 1,
2004 Tuesday)
“Formerly a strategic outpost for imperial Japanese troops intent on conquering Asia, the
north-east Chinese city of Dalian is today at the frontier of a global contest of a different
sort. … In the process it is spearheading China's attempt to evolve into a services
outsourcing centre in addition to its well-established role as a global manufacturing
base.”
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“Doubt in offshore call centre quality”
Jonathan Moules (staff writer), Financial Times, London, England (May 25, 2004
Tuesday)
“Signs of a backlash against the trend to move call centre operations overseas have been
highlighted in a survey of senior management, showing disenchantment with the level of
service provided by such facilities.”
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Cat=-1
“Asia starts to farm out back-office workload”
Victor Mallet (staff writer), Financial Times, London, England, London Edition 1 (May
14, 2004 Friday)
“Asia, for years the beneficiary of outsourcing contracts from US and European
companies, has itself begun to outsource a growing number of back-office operations to
international groups such as IBM, says TPI, the outsourcing consultancy.”
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“OECD warns of threats to strong recovery”
Scheherazade Daneshkhu (staff writer), Financial Times, London, England (May 12,
2004 Wednesday)
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“The OECD played down concerns about white-collar jobs moving to low-cost countries
such as China and India. It said ‘offshoring’ was good for the world economy and could
not be blamed for the lack of job creation in the US. Only 1 per cent of extended layoffs
in the US could be related to offshore relocations.”
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“Senate tax breaks bill aims to lift sanctions”
Edward Alden (staff writer), Financial Times, London, England (May 12, 2004
Wednesday)
“The bill offers close to Dollars 58bn in tax cuts over the next decade for companies that
manufacture inside the US as part of an effort to discourage what members of Congress
fear is a trend towards ‘outsourcing’ of US manufacturing jobs to lower-wage countries.”
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“Bush's China stance hands Kerry a big stick”
Edward Alden And James Harding (staff writers), Financial Times, London, England
(April 30, 2004 Friday)
“President George W. Bush's decision this week to let China off the hook over two
potentially incendiary trade issues has handed John Kerry, the Democratic presidential
contender, a big stick his campaign sorely needed.”
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“Kerry preaches economy message in swing states”
Edward Alden And James Harding (staff writers), Financial Times, London, England
(April 28, 2004 Wednesday)
“Last month Mr. Bush responded to the growing public anxiety over the outsourcing of
American jobs by making a passionate case for free trade and painting his Democratic
opponents as a dangerous group eager to return the US to an isolationist past.”
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“Business outsourcing to India 'set to rise 50%'”
Khozem Merchant (staff writer), Financial Times, London, England (April 26, 2004
Monday)
“Businesses will step up the amount of work they send to low cost India by 50 per cent
next year despite the political outcry over offshore outsourcing, according to a study by
Ernst & Young, the professional services firm.”
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“The furore over the migration of US jobs to other countries has been one of the hottest
issues in this year's presidential campaign. But the political squabbling has obscured the
way digitisation is revolutionizing companies' working practices”
Dan Roberts (staff writer), Financial Times, London, England, Comment (April 15, 2004
Thursday)
“A closer analysis of what companies are increasingly doing behind closed doors
suggests something more fundamental is taking place. One important distinction to make
is between the early waves of offshore outsourcing and the more sophisticated variety of
outsourcing emerging today.”
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“Services on the production line”
Dan Roberts (staff writer), Financial Times, London, England, FT.com site (Apr 14,
2004)
“Yet the amount of smoke that the debate has generated is in danger of obscuring the
powerful technological and managerial changes driving this phenomenon. Few large
companies are now prepared to discuss their outsourcing strategies in public. The lack of
firm data has led some sceptics to question whether there is anything new about
outsourcing beyond providing a fresh excuse for protectionism among populist
politicians. A closer analysis of what companies are increasingly doing behind closed
doors suggests something more fundamental is taking place.”
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“China eyes outsourced software markets”
Mure Dickie (staff writer), Financial Times, London, England, Front Page - Companies
& Markets (April 10, 2004 Saturday)
“The Chinese government is to offer selected local software companies support in
training, financing and marketing as part of a plan to help them win a greater share of
outsourced business from the US and Europe.”
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“Low cost, high quality, and eager-to-please officials”
Mure Dickie (staff writer), Financial Times, London, England (April 6, 2004 Tuesday)
“China's importance in chip packaging has been made possible by the ‘disintegration’ of
the semiconductor industry, where assembly and test lines are generally separate from
more sophisticated manufacturing plants and such work is often outsourced. Labour costs
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play a bigger role than in semiconductor manufacturing, giving China - with its vast and
relatively cheap workforce - a significant advantage as a production base.”
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“More offshore jobs mean higher US employment, say economists”
Christopher Swann (staff writer), Financial Times, London, England (April 2, 2004
Friday)
“For economists it is an article of faith that it is good for the US economy to move some
jobs to countries where costs are lower. But an increasing number are now making the
more provocative and counter-intuitive claim that pushing more jobs overseas will lead to
more being created in the US.”
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“Fed's Bernanke says outsourcing not responsible for weak US jobs growth”
Andrew Balls And Christopher Swann (staff writers), Financial Times, London, England
(March 31, 2004 Wednesday)
“Ben Bernanke, a governor of the US Federal Reserve, … said the most important factor
behind weak US job market performance had been ‘astonishing gains’ in labour
productivity in the past few years - and that this had nothing to do with outsourcing.”
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“Outsourcing of IT jobs predicted to continue”
Paul Taylor (staff writer) in New York, Financial Times, London, England, FT.com site
(Mar 16, 2004)
“The growth of global IT outsourcing will continue despite a growing political backlash,
particularly in the US, and up to 25 per cent of traditional IT jobs will be relocated from
developed to developing countries by 2010, according to Gartner, the IT consultancy.”
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“Democrats challenge White House choice for commerce job”
Edward Alden (staff writer), Financial Times, London, England (March 12, 2004 Friday)
“The Bush administration's choice for a key new Commerce Department post is coming
under fire from Democrats who say the company he heads has moved some US jobs
offshore to China.”
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“White House praises advantages of offshoring”
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Edward Alden (staff writer), Financial Times, London, England (Mar 11, 2004)
“The Bush administration has launched a co-ordinated public campaign to respond to
Democratic charges that the offshoring of US jobs is damaging the economy,
administration officials said yesterday. The effort is aimed at persuading US voters that
economic openness has been an important source of the country's growth and prosperity,
and that Democratic efforts to restrict the movement of jobs abroad would hurt the
economy.”
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“Bush labels Democratic critics of outsourcing 'isolationists'”
Edward Alden in Washington and Dan Roberts in New York (staff writers),
Financial Times, London, England (Mar 10, 2004)
“President George W. Bush yesterday hit back at Democratic critics of his
administration's job creation efforts, branding them as ‘economic isolationists’ who
would raise new trade barriers and damage the US economy.”
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“Analysts pessimistic over job creation”
Christopher Swann (staff writer) in Washington, Financial Times, London, England, The
Americas & International Economy (Mar 06, 2004)
“As frustrations have mounted with this disappointing record, political attention has
focused on the overseas outsourcing of US jobs to low-cost countries such as India and
China. But most economists believe this has been more of an irritant than a true
explanation for America's employment woes.”
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“Election debate on job exports spills into corporate arena”
Edward Alden (staff writer), Financial Times, London, England (March 5, 2004 Friday)
“Yesterday's Senate vote to bar most companies that win federal contracts from
performing the work outside the US is the strongest sign yet that the election-year debate
over job losses could result in legislative curbs on the operations of big US companies.”
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“Hunt begins for millions of missing jobs as US recovers”
Dan Roberts (staff writer), Financial Times, London, England (February 17, 2004
Tuesday)
“Yet during any economic recovery, most new jobs are generated by smaller companies
trying to become bigger companies, and it is here - somewhere between the plastic knobs,
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consultancies and high-tech start-ups - that outsourcing might be having a bigger impact
in the short term than it is given credit for.”
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“Outsourcing remarks stir backlash”
Edward Alden, James Harding And Christopher Swann (Staff Writer), Financial Times,
London, England, White House Adviser (February 13, 2004 Friday)
“Gregory Mankiw, the chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, …
added that the outsourcing of some jobs ‘is probably a plus for the economy in the long
run.’ But Mr Mankiw's view, shared by virtually all mainstream economists, has ignited a
furious political backlash, not only from Democrats but within the Republican party as
well.”
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COMMENTARY
MICHAEL DOWNEY
“Minimum wage debate hots up”
Michael Downey (columnist), Financial Times, London, England, Legal View (April 21,
2004 Wednesday)
“Given that Hong Kong has achieved a world-standard economy without ever having
imposed a minimum wage, it is all the more noteworthy that China has elected to
implement a minimum wage framework to ensure sufficient funding of its comprehensive
social security schemes and, perhaps more importantly, a system that protects workers
from indiscriminate employment practices.”
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STEPHEN SCHURR
“Hedging can correct myopia over Asia”
Stephen Schurr (columnist), Financial Times, London, England, Globetrotting (April 5,
2004 Monday)
“We Americans have an unhealthy obsession with China. … India and China will take
up a much bigger chunk of global market weighting down the road, probably at the
primary expense of America. … But there are several reasons to believe the two
emerging giants will not move in lock step.”
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MICHAEL SKAPINKER
“The temperature rises when jobs go abroad”
Michael Skapinker (columnist), Financial Times, London, England (June 1, 2004
Tuesday)
“When this contracting out takes place in the same city and country - and in the case of
staff cafeterias and window cleaning nothing else is possible - little controversy follows.
It is when jobs go abroad that tempers rise, which is what has happened with the
movement of work to India, China and elsewhere.”
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GUEST EDITORIALS
“Free trade and outsourcing are not the same”
Clyde Prestowitz, Financial Times, London, England, Comment (April 26, 2004
Monday)
“A sermon on free trade is the wrong prescription if the malady is mercantilism, as it
usually is. If they wish to avoid the political protectionist reaction, economists would do
well to stop repeating the truisms of free trade and start insisting on hardheaded
application of free trade rules to the mercantilists whose manipulations they so frequently
ignore while telling workers to be happy about losing their jobs.”
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EDITORIALS
“India's challenge: Relentless economic reform is the only way to match China”
Editorial (unsigned), Financial Times, London, England, Section: Leader (April 19, 2004
Monday)
“Unfortunately, India still compares poorly with China in economic terms - at more than
Dollars 1,100 a year, Chinese per capita income is twice as high. A vast amount of work
remains to be done by future New Delhi governments to improve the country's shabby
infrastructure and reduce poverty.”
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ompanyConcept=&state=More&vsc_publicationGroups=FTFT&searchCat=-1
“Labour wrongs: US unions' trade move against China is cynical opportunism”
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Editorial (unsigned), Financial Times, London, England, Leader (March 17, 2004
Wednesday)
“Mr. Bush has so far sought, commendably, to resist calls for restrictions on ‘offshoring’
by US businesses. But every month that passes without a pick-up in the labour market
weakens his position. Now the AFL-CIO hopes to put him on the spot by filing a
complaint against China under a hitherto unused section of US trade law.”
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Foreign Affairs citation
"The Outsourcing Bogeyman"
David W. Drezner Foreign Affairs, 83 (3): 22-34 (May/June 2004)
“Outsourcing actually brings far more benefits than costs, both now and in the long run.
Foreign Affairs warns that, should critics of outsourcing succeed in provoking a new
wave of U.S. protectionism, the consequences would be disastrous—both for the U.S.
economy and the workers supposedly at risk.”
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Los Angeles Times citations (25)
News stories (20)
Commentary (5)
NEWS STORIES
“Outsourcing Ax Falls Hard on Tech Workers: As the slump persists, some train their
low-cost replacements before being shown the door.”
Warren Vieth, (staff writer), Los Angeles Times, The Nation (May 30, 2004 Sunday)
“The practice of requiring U.S. workers to train their replacements has become a
flashpoint in the intensifying debate over ‘offshoring’ jobs to other countries and the use
of temporary visas by foreign nationals who come here to learn their employers' systems.
Critics have denounced the process as inhumane, and some members of Congress are
trying to curtail it.”
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/643953941.html?did=643953941&FMT=ABS&FM
TS=FT&date=May+30%2C+2004&author=Warren+Vieth&desc=The+Nation%3B+Outs
ourcing+Ax+Falls+Hard+on+Tech+Workers%3B+As+the+slump+persists%2C+some+tr
ain+their+low-cost+replacement.
“In the U.S. Job Market, Can Ebb Offset Flow? Hiring stateside by foreign firms raises
expectations that they can spur growth and counter 'outsourcing.'”
David Streitfeld (staff writer), Los Angeles Times, Business section (May 2, 2004
Sunday)
“The report said the number of people employed by U.S. corporations in their overseas
affiliates in 2002 exceeded the number of Americans employed here by foreign
companies by 2.8 million. … In 2000, the last year of the dot-com boom, more than twice
as many jobs were created here as overseas. But in the two subsequent years … there was
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an abrupt change in direction. In 2001, foreign companies cut 39,000 jobs here, while
U.S. companies added 9,500 overseas. In 2002, the last year for which there are data, the
split widened: foreign companies cut 169,000 jobs, while U.S. multinationals added
53,000 jobs in their offshore subsidiaries.”
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/626393041.html?did=626393041&FMT=ABS&FM
TS=FT&date=May+2%2C+2004&author=David+Streitfeld&desc=In+the+U.S.+Job+Ma
rket%2C+Can+Ebb+Offset+Flow%3F%3B+Hiring+stateside+by+foreign+firms+raises+
expectations+that+they+ca
“U.S. Rejects Petition for China Sanctions: AFL-CIO had sought penalties over labor
practices. White House also signals no action on Beijing currency policy.”
Warren Vieth (staff writer), Los Angeles Times, Business section (April 29, 2004
Thursday)
“The decision appeared certain to intensify an election-year debate over the vigor of the
administration's China policy. President Bush's critics, including Democratic challenger
Sen. John F. Kerry of Massachusetts, have accused him of failing to crack down on trade,
labor and currency practices that may have contributed to last year's $124-billion trade
deficit with China and the loss of 2.6 million private-sector U.S. jobs since Bush has
taken office.”
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/625506031.html?did=625506031&FMT=ABS&FM
TS=FT&date=Apr+29%2C+2004&author=Warren+Vieth&desc=U.S.+Rejects+Petition+
for+China+Sanctions%3B+AFLCIO+had+sought+penalties+over+labor+practices.+White+House+also+signals+.
“Outsourcing Variations Have Some Appeal: Businesses examine sending jobs to Canada
or Mexico, and bringing foreign workers to U.S.”
Warren Vieth (staff writer), Los Angeles Times, The Nation (April 27, 2004 Tuesday)
“Accused by pundits of engaging in economic treachery and blamed by workers for the
loss of thousands of service sector jobs, companies interested in moving work overseas
wanted to know how long the uproar would last, how much it would hurt and what kind
of ‘mitigation strategies’ might help them weather the storm.”
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/624347821.html?did=624347821&FMT=ABS&FM
TS=FT&date=Apr+27%2C+2004&author=Warren+Vieth&desc=The+Nation%3B+Outs
ourcing+Variations+Have+Some+Appeal%3B+Businesses+examine+sending+jobs+to+
Canada+or+Mexico%2C+and+bring.
“He'll Take Your Job and Ship It: Atul Vashistha's firm helps U.S. companies cut costs
by sending work abroad. Sorry, he says, but it's a case of move up or lose out.”
Warren Vieth (staff writer), Los Angeles Times, Column One (April 27, 2004 Tuesday)
“In the midst of the melee, Vashistha has stepped forward as an apostle of offshoring,
corporate shorthand for shifting jobs abroad. In his view, it's important for workers to
hear the truth -- even if it hurts. Like it or not, Vashistha says, Americans are now part of
a global competition for labor. With the advent of the Internet and high-speed
telecommunications, virtually any job that can be done at a computer or over the phone
can be moved to countries where wages are much lower. And U.S. companies that resist
the trend, he says, will be swept away by rivals.”
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http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/624347391.html?did=624347391&FMT=ABS&FM
TS=FT&date=Apr+27%2C+2004&author=Warren+Vieth&desc=The+Nation%3B+COL
UMN+ONE%3B+He%27ll+Take+Your+Job+and+Ship+It%3B+Atul+Vashistha%27s+f
irm+helps+U.S.+companies+cut+costs+b.
“Kerry Says Bush 'Asleep at the Wheel' on Jobs: The Democrat says he'd crack down on
Asian nations undervaluing their currencies and be vigilant on outsourcing.”
James Rainey and Warren Vieth (staff writers), Los Angeles Times, The Race to the
White House (April 27, 2004 Tuesday)
“[John F. Kerry] said his plan to increase funding for the U.S. international trade
monitoring office would help protect workers rights and limit child labor violations. And
he said a new office he proposed under the U.S. trade representative would prevent other
nations from ‘preying on’ small and fledgling American businesses.”
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/624347841.html?did=624347841&FMT=ABS&FM
TS=FT&date=Apr+27%2C+2004&author=James+Rainey+and+Warren+Vieth&desc=Th
e+Nation%3B+THE+RACE+TO+THE+WHITE+HOUSE%3B+Kerry+Says+Bush+%27
Asleep+at+the+Wheel%27+on+Jobs%3B+The+De.
“Intel CEO Defends Sending Jobs Abroad to Cut Costs”
Reuters, printed in Los Angeles Times, Business section (April 7, 2004 Wednesday)
“The chief executive of chip giant Intel Corp. on Tuesday defended the firm's policy of
moving jobs to lower-cost countries. … But Intel Chief Executive Craig Barrett said the
policy only recently has become controversial because it is an election year.”
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/611524461.html?did=611524461&FMT=ABS&FM
TS=FT&date=Apr+7%2C+2004&author=&desc=California%3B+Intel+CEO+Defends+
Sending+Jobs+Abroad+to+Cut+Costs
“Radio Flyer Follows Low-Cost Production Pathway to China”
Rob Kaiser (Chicago Tribune staff writer), Los Angeles Times, Business section (March
31, 2004)
“Another slice of Americana is being outsourced to China. Radio Flyer Inc. will stop
making its famous red metal wagons in Chicago by the fall, halting its final
manufacturing operation and releasing nearly half of its 90 employees. … Radio Flyer's
decision follows a well-worn path to China in the toy industry. Today, China makes 80
percent of the world's toys, according to industry estimates.”
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TS=FT&date=Mar+31%2C+2004&author=Rob+Kaiser&desc=Radio+Flyer+Follows+L
ow-Cost+Production+Pathway+to+China
“Report Finds Outsourcing Will Create New U.S. Jobs: A technology group says savings
from labor costs will allow firms to increase positions in many industry centers.”
Los Angeles Times, Business section (March 30, 2004)
“Software engineers have been particularly hard hit. Researchers at Global Insight Inc.,
which prepared the report for the ITAA, predicted that demand for U.S. software
engineers would shrink through 2008. ITAA leaders emphasized that outsourcing has
damaged the job market far less than the dot-com meltdown that began in 2000.
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Altogether, Internet start-ups, telecom companies and other companies eliminated as
many as 268,000 positions.”
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/594548621.html?did=594548621&FMT=ABS&FM
TS=FT&date=Mar+30%2C+2004&author=&desc=Report+Finds+Outsourcing+Will+Cr
eate+New+U.S.+Jobs%3B+A+technology+group+says+savings+from+labor+costs+will
+allow+firms+to+increase+p.
“AFL-CIO Seeks U.S. Trade Sanctions Against China: The group says the repression of
worker rights depresses wages and leads to the migration of jobs. Experts doubt the tactic
will work.”
Evelyn Iritani (staff writer), Los Angeles Times, Business section (March 17, 2004
Wednesday)
“Employing a tactic never tried before, the AFL-CIO filed a petition asking the Bush
administration to impose stiff penalties against China because its ‘brutal repression’ of
worker rights gives its companies an unfair competitive advantage -- depressing wages by
as much as 86% and encouraging the transfer of U.S. jobs overseas.”
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/580937791.html?did=580937791&FMT=ABS&FM
TS=FT&date=Mar+17%2C+2004&author=Evelyn+Iritani&desc=AFLCIO+Seeks+U.S.+Trade+Sanctions+Against+China%3B+The+group+says+the+repressi
on+of+worker+rights+depresses+wages+and+.
“Technically Speaking, Still a Tech Hub: The Silicon Valley remains a land of
headquarters, but much of the work has shifted to cheaper labor markets overseas.”
Joseph Menn (staff writer), Los Angeles Times, Business section (March 15, 2004
Monday)
“As Silicon Valley emerges from three years in the economic wilderness, it is taking on a
new look. These days, many technology powerhouses no longer have thousands of locals
employed to perform tasks ranging from designing software to cleaning the cafeteria.
The new Silicon Valley is a land of headquarters, a place where deals are made but not
necessarily carried out.”
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TS=FT&date=Mar+15%2C+2004&author=Joseph+Menn&desc=The+Nation%3B+Tech
nically+Speaking%2C+Still+a+Tech+Hub%3B+The+Silicon+Valley+remains+a+land+o
f+headquarters%2C+but+much+of.
“Bush Attends 9/11 Memorial: Family members of victims welcome the president in
wake of backlash from ads.”
Edwin Chen (staff writer), Los Angeles Times, The Race to the White House (March 12,
2004 Friday)
“Touting the benefits of global trade, Bush added: ‘You hear talk about outsourcing. I'm
as concerned about outsourcing as the next person. But the way to deal with outsourcing
is to make America a better place to do business, not a worse place.’ A protectionist
policy, the president added, would lead to trade wars that kill American jobs.”
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/577116751.html?did=577116751&FMT=ABS&FM
TS=FT&date=Mar+12%2C+2004&author=Edwin+Chen&desc=THE+RACE+TO+THE
+WHITE+HOUSE%3B+Bush+Attends+9%2F11+Memorial%3B+Family+members+of
+victims+welcome+the+president+in+wake+of+b.
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“Key Republicans Admit Anxiety Over Campaign: Some say Bush's team has moved too
slowly and has failed to address economic concerns.”
Mark Z. Barabak and Janet Hook (staff writers), Los Angeles Times, The Race to the
White House (March 12, 2004 Friday)
“As President Bush steps up his reelection bid, key Republican officials and strategists
are expressing concern about his campaign, saying the White House took too long to
engage in the race and lacks a clear strategy for addressing voters' economic worries.”
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/577116421.html?did=577116421&FMT=ABS&FM
TS=FT&date=Mar+12%2C+2004&author=Mark+Z.+Barabak+and+Janet+Hook&desc=
THE+RACE+TO+THE+WHITE+HOUSE%3B+Key+Republicans+Admit+Anxiety+Ov
er+Campaign%3B+Some+say+Bush%27s+team+ha.
“Jobs Are Primary Concern in State: A recovering economy that lags in hiring is the
driving issue for voters and politicians.”
Marla Dickerson and Don Lee (staff writers), Los Angeles Times, The Race to the White
House (February 29, 2004 Sunday)
“Some believe that many voters' lingering ill feelings about the economy aren't so much a
reflection of how bad things really are, but rather of fears brought on by continuing
globalization and the migration of U.S. jobs offshore, which have become important
themes in the presidential race.”
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/562744191.html?did=562744191&FMT=ABS&FM
TS=FT&date=Feb+29%2C+2004&author=Marla+Dickerson+and+Don+Lee&desc=THE
+RACE+TO+THE+WHITE+HOUSE%3B+Jobs+Are+Primary+Concern+in+State%3B+
A+recovering+economy+that+lags+in+hiri.
“Ohio Economy Isn't Working: With job losses in the swing state hurting Bush, Edwards
and Kerry see opportunity.”
John M. Glionna (staff writer), Los Angeles Times, The Race to the White House
(February 28, 2004 Saturday)
“For Democratic candidates John F. Kerry and John Edwards, the battle for the Buckeye
State in Tuesday's primary may come down to economics: who can best articulate a plan
to revitalize a region hit hard by major manufacturers pulling up stakes and moving
production work to Mexico and China.”
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/562726971.html?did=562726971&FMT=ABS&FM
TS=FT&date=Feb+28%2C+2004&author=John+M.+Glionna&desc=The+Nation%3B+T
HE+RACE+TO+THE+WHITE+HOUSE%3B+Ohio+Economy+Isn%27t+Working%3B
+With+job+losses+in+the+swing+state+hurtin.
“U.S. Firms Lament Cutback in Visas for Foreign Talent: Companies say too few in U.S.
have the needed math and science skills. Critics claim the H-1B program is misused.”
Evelyn Iritani (staff writer), Los Angeles Times, Business section (February 16, 2004
Monday)
“The H-1B visa program, designed to allow U.S. companies to hire foreign professionals
on a temporary basis, was scaled back last year because of the sluggish U.S. technology
job market and a political backlash in Washington over the importing of foreign labor.
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Now, with the economy healing, companies are scrambling to get foreign hires approved
before this year's allocation of H-1B visas is exhausted.”
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TS=FT&date=Feb+16%2C+2004&author=Evelyn+Iritani&desc=U.S.+Firms+Lament+C
utback+in+Visas+for+Foreign+Talent%3B+Companies+say+too+few+in+U.S.+have+th
e+needed+math+and+science.
“Fed Chief Warns of Barriers to Growth: Greenspan sees job creation speeding up but is
concerned about the deficit and trade limits.”
Warren Vieth (staff writer), Los Angeles Times, Business section (February 12, 2004
Thursday)
“The Fed chairman acknowledged that imports of low-cost foreign goods and the
outsourcing of U.S. jobs have created hardships for many Americans. But he said the
answer was better education and job training, not higher trade barriers.”
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TS=FT&date=Feb+12%2C+2004&author=Warren+Vieth&desc=Fed+Chief+Warns+of+
Barriers+to+Growth%3B+Greenspan+sees+job+creation+speeding+up+but+is+concerne
d+about+the+deficit+and+t.
“Bush Supports Shift of Jobs Overseas: The loss of work to other countries, while painful
in the short term, will enrich the economy eventually, his report to Congress says.”
Warren Vieth and Edwin Chen (staff writers), Los Angeles Times (February 10, 2004
Tuesday)
“The movement of American factory jobs and white-collar work to other countries is part
of a positive transformation that will enrich the U.S. economy over time, even if it causes
short-term pain and dislocation, the [Bush] administration said Monday.”
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/542999311.html?did=542999311&FMT=ABS&FM
TS=FT&date=Feb+10%2C+2004&author=Warren+Vieth+and+Edwin+Chen&desc=The
+Nation%3B+Bush+Supports+Shift+of+Jobs+Overseas%3B+The+loss+of+work+to+oth
er+countries%2C+while+painful.
“Buildup of Cash Isn't Swaying Hiring”
Tom Petruno (staff writer), Los Angeles Times, Business Section: Market Beat (February
8, 2004 Sunday)
“The offshore migration of services jobs captivated corporate officers at Davos, Roach
said. ‘In my discussions with a broad cross section of business executives, I was hardpressed to find any who weren't contemplating white-collar offshore strategies,’ he said.
Whatever their reasons, many executives say they feel more nervous about taking risks,
which is another way of saying they're afraid to spend money.”
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/540785541.html?did=540785541&FMT=ABS&FM
TS=FT&date=Feb+8%2C+2004&author=Tom+Petruno&desc=MARKET+BEAT%3B+
Buildup+of+Cash+Isn%27t+Swaying+Hiring
“Start-ups Follow Work Abroad: To cut costs, firms send development teams to Russian
and Asian hubs, leaving skeletal crews behind in Silicon Valley.”
Rachel Konrad (staff writer), Los Angeles Times, Business section (December 15, 2003)
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“After launching five start-ups, Solidcore Chief Executive Rosen Sharma said he would
never build a company without outsourcing the relatively expensive and highly skilled
tech jobs to low-paid contractors or local hires in developing countries. ‘Silicon Valley
isn't dead yet, but could outsourcing become a risk to the ecosystem?’ asked Allen
Morgan, managing director of Menlo Park-based venture firm Mayfield Fund.”
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/499104131.html?did=499104131&FMT=ABS&FM
TS=FT&date=Dec+15%2C+2003&author=Rachel+Konrad&desc=Startups+Follow+Work+Abroad%3B+To+cut+costs%2C+firms+send+development+teams+t
o+Russian+and+Asian+hubs%2C+leaving+skelet.
COMMENTARY
JAMES FLANIGAN
“Foreign Funding Blooms for Tech in U.S.”
James Flanigan (columnist), Los Angeles Times, Business section (April 4, 2004 Sunday)
“Amid controversy and misunderstanding these days about outsourcing, these
collaborations stand as examples of shared experimentation and development.”
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/607524821.html?did=607524821&FMT=ABS&FM
TS=FT&date=Apr+4%2C+2004&author=James+Flanigan&desc=James+Flanigan%3B+
Foreign+Funding+Blooms+for+Tech+in+U.S.
“To Ease Fears About Jobs, Put Imagination to Work”
James Flanigan (columnist), Los Angeles Times, Business section (January 4, 2004)
“Forrester Research's forecast as the year starts is that U.S. companies will increase their
investment in information technology, a trillion-dollar item in the U.S. economy, by 16%
this year. No accident that economists also predict that the economy will create 1.5
million jobs this year.”
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/521040211.html?did=521040211&FMT=ABS&FM
TS=FT&date=Jan+4%2C+2004&author=James+Flanigan&desc=James+Flanigan%3B+
To+Ease+Fears+About+Jobs%2C+Put+Imagination+to+Work
PATT MORRISON
“A Labor Problem Made in the U.S.A.”
Patt Morrison (columnist) Los Angeles Times, Metro section (February 24, 2004
Tuesday)
“These jobs are not the lettuce-picking, burger-flipping jobs they say Americans won't
take here at home -- and by the way, it isn't the jobs Americans won't take, it's the lousy
paychecks. No, these are the bright, prosperous Jobs of Tomorrow that Americans were
promised if we all put down our socket wrenches and picked up tech textbooks. The
information economy lay glittering at the end of the information superhighway -- which,
as it turns out, looks more like a one-way road heading straight out of America.”
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/549591051.html?did=549591051&FMT=ABS&FM
TS=FT&date=Feb+24%2C+2004&author=Patt+Morrison&desc=Los+Angeles%3B+Patt
+Morrison%3B+A+Labor+Problem+Made+in+the+U.S.A.
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GUEST EDITORIALS
“Trade: Outsourcing Common Sense”
Stephen A. Marglin (professor of economics at Harvard University), Los Angeles Times,
Opinion: Editorial (April 25, 2004 Sunday)
“The practical men and women who are responsible for trade policy today are equally the
slaves of outmoded dogma. The first step to a better trade policy is to clear our minds of
the cobwebs of comparative advantage, the refuge of those who find it easier to justify
the havoc wrought by outsourcing than to re-examine received ideas. We need trade and
we need trade policy. We don't need free-market mantras.”
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/623523221.html?did=623523221&FMT=ABS&FM
TS=FT&date=Apr+25%2C+2004&author=Stephen+A.+Marglin&desc=TRADE%3B+O
utsourcing+Common+Sense
“We Import Cars and Stereos, So Why Not CEOs?”
Jesse Kornbluth (guest columnist), Los Angeles Times, Opinion: Editorial (February 6,
2004)
“Nor does a foreign-born CEO need any sensitivity for public relations. Consider Morgan
Stanley's chairman and chief executive, Philip Purcell. After Morgan Stanley paid a $1.4billion fine for abuse of stock research last year, Purcell baited the government to take
further action by telling reporters, ‘I don't see anything in the settlement that will concern
the retail investor about Morgan Stanley.’”
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/538902531.html?did=538902531&FMT=ABS&FM
TS=FT&date=Feb+6%2C+2004&author=Jesse+Kornbluth&desc=Commentary%3B+We
+Import+Cars+and+Stereos%2C+So+Why+Not+CEOs%3F
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel citations (13)
News stories (8)
Commentary (2)
Editorials (2)
NEWS STORIES
“Trade with China is today's holy grail: Harley-Davidson's struggles illustrate both the
promise and peril of China”
John Schmid (staff writer), Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Special Report: 'Made in China:
The New Industrial Revolution.' (May 8, 2004)
“U.S. Commerce Secretary Donald Evans even has a personal stake in the affair. His visit
last July to a town-hall meeting at a Harley factory in Milwaukee proved to be a
humbling experience as workers castigated him for Washington's approach to the
competitive threat posed by China. The day was a turning point, as Harley's assembly
workers helped push the outsourcing issue onto Washington's radar. For Beijing, opening
China's highways to Harleys would be a goodwill gesture that could distract attention, at
least momentarily, from critics who paint the nation as the source of America's economic
pain.”
http://www.jsonline.com/bym/news/may04/228039.asp
“Trying to engineer a solution to outsourcing: Unemployment rate up for a profession
once in high demand”
Dallas Morning News, printed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (May 2, 2004)
“But the unemployment rate for electrical and electronics engineers shot up to 6.2% in
2003 - a nearly 50% increase from 2002 - and sent the industry scrambling for ways to
increase jobs. IEEE-USA, the American arm of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, argues that overseas outsourcing was one of the biggest factors behind the
unemployment spike.”
http://www.jsonline.com/bym/news/may04/226623.asp
“China struggles with brutal past: Doyle is optimistic about its new leaders, opportunities
for state”
John Schmid (staff writer), Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Special Report: 'Made in China:
The New Industrial Revolution.' (March 31, 2004)
“The vision of a China that is as democratic as it is prosperous, one that is as reciprocal to
U.S. trade as Western Europe or Latin America, is a long-term prospect, Doyle concedes.
The governor's delegation embarked on its 12-day trade mission at a time when relentless
low-cost Chinese competition has cost hundreds of thousands of U.S. manufacturing jobs
and led to the biggest bilateral U.S. trade deficit in history - $124 billion last year.”
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“Campaign ad wars heat up early: Presidential race punches hit airwaves months before
election”
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Craig Gilbert (staff writer), Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (March 20, 2004)
“The presidential ad wars are a mere two weeks old, but they have quickly spawned a
furious cross-fire more typical of September than March. … The latest Media Fund ad
depicts a factory in China and blames Bush for sending jobs overseas.”
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“Chinese labor abuse called unfair price advantage: AFL-CIO complaint is first to cite
mistreatment of foreign workers since U.S. law was passed in '74”
Bloomberg News, published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (March 16, 2004)
“The AFL-CIO, the largest U.S. labor group, filed a complaint alleging that Chinese
abuse of its workers gives Chinese exports an unfair price advantage. … The case shows
the concern among U.S. manufacturers and workers who link the loss of 2.9 million
manufacturing jobs since President Bush took office to the trade gap with China, which
reached a record $124 billion last year. Unions blame cheap imports for the decline in
factory work.”
http://www.jsonline.com/bym/news/mar04/215063.asp
“To Doyle, China is promise, not peril: Jobs issue is backdrop for state trade venture”
John Schmid (staff writer), Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Special Report: 'Made in China:
The New Industrial Revolution.' (March 7, 2004)
“Gov. Jim Doyle, with unabashed cajoling from the state's top business leaders, is
prepared to test an approach that has nothing to do with trade penalties or political relief.
Later this month, the first-term governor will lead the biggest foreign trade delegation in
the state's history. The destination: China.”
http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/mar04/212904.asp
“Upper echelon fears job hits: U.S. companies using more offshore workers, imported
specialists”
Joel Dresang (staff writer), Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Jan. 31, 2004)
“The blurring of borders through globalization has brought international competition to
what once were local jobs. And though factory jobs lost to China and Mexico have
garnered much of the attention, global competition also strikes at white-collar workers.”
http://www.jsonline.com/bym/news/jan04/203939.asp
“Economy creates new political world: But Democrats say U.S. can't hide from
globalization”
John Schmid (staff writer), Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Issues: Economy (February 10,
2004)
“The last time that Wisconsin held a presidential primary, a rising economic tide was
lifting all the boats. … The tide, however, washed out and carried away 99,700 non-farm
Wisconsin jobs in its undertow. … With few exceptions, erecting new trade barriers
won't work as a response to such a lopsided competitive disadvantage, experts say,
because such moves would trigger trade wars or WTO sanctions and, in an extreme case,
would force the U.S. to withdraw from the WTO altogether.”
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COMMENTARY
JOHN TORINUS
“Group opposing global outsourcing interesting, but faces uphill battle”
John Torinus (chief executive officer of Serigraph Inc. of West Bend), Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel (March 14, 2004)
“Jerry Skoff and his fellow ‘patriots’ at Save American Manufacturing (SAM) are having
a grand old time. … The implication, of course, is that people participating in the global
economy, importers and exporters alike, are less patriotic, or, as Sen. John Kerry posits,
treasonous. The extreme position of SAM against any and all trade deals was an
interesting counterpoint to the presentations earlier in the day at the trade center
conference. There the speakers were trying to figure out how to play the global economy
game to the benefit of American companies and workers.”
http://www.jsonline.com/bym/news/mar04/214589.asp
“Democrats' rhetoric on jobs issue doesn't cast much light”
John Torinus (chief executive officer of Serigraph Inc. of West Bend), Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel (February 21, 2004)
“So, are we going to close our borders and revert to a bunkered America? Hard to
imagine that happening, rhetoric aside, when we are so dependent on foreign trade for
goods like oil. In the long run, we are all better off on this planet if the standard of living
rises everywhere, creating a bigger market for high-end U.S. products. Part of the answer
is to create ‘mother ships’ here that develop products and processes using our intellectual
capital. Keep the good front-end jobs here, along with some production, but set up
production in other countries to serve those markets.”
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EDITORIALS
“China trade, China talks”
Editorial (unsigned), Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (April 22, 2004)
“Still another bad idea is at the core of various ‘Buy American’ laws that have been
proposed at the federal level and in several state legislatures, including Wisconsin's. … It
would be an exaggeration to say that ‘Buy American’ laws and other protectionist
legislation respond to a problem that no longer exists. But the problem may be easing, at
least in China. If Wisconsin is one of the states that have lost jobs to China, it is also in a
position to make money there. China has a middle class of more than 200 million people,
each of whom is a potential consumer.”
http://www.jsonline.com/news/editorials/apr04/224127.asp
“Edwards for the Democrats”
Editorial (unsigned), Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (February 16, 2004)
“Like Kerry, Edwards has placed increasing emphasis on the nation's jobless recovery,
the disappearance of manufacturing jobs and the ‘outsourcing’ of factory and service jobs
to other countries such as India, Indonesia and, especially, China. He's wise enough to
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avoid the trap of protectionism: ‘That's putting your head in the sand,’ he says. He and
the other candidates want to use America's diplomatic and economic leverage to force
these countries to impose basic labor and environmental standards or to live by existing
ones they widely ignore. The club at America's disposal: access to U.S. markets.”
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New York Times citations (45)
News stories (30)
Commentary (12)
Editorials (3)
NEWS STORIES
“Group Says Europe Is Lagging in Global Recovery”
Mark Landler (staff writer), The New York Times (May 12, 2004 Wednesday)
“The United States and Asia are leaving Europe behind in an accelerating, but uneven
global economic recovery. … ‘Outsourcing may be a good scapegoat,’ [Jean-Philippe
Cotis, the chief economist of the O.E.C.D., an organization of 30 countries] said, ‘but it
doesn't explain why job creation has been below expectations.’”
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“As a Center for Outsourcing, India Could Be Losing Its Edge”
Noam Scheiber (staff writer), The New York Time, Business section (May 9, 2004
Sunday)
“Over all, according to a recent survey by Hewitt Associates, the consulting group, wages
in [India's] major outsourcing sectors have been rising by close to 15 percent a year.”
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40813F93C580C7A8CDDAC0894DC4
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“The Undoing Of the Industrial Revolution”
George James (staff writer), The New York Times, New Jersey desk (May 9, 2004
Sunday)
“The two tableaus -- set 15 years apart -- are emblematic of what has come of America's
industrial revolution, and the upheaval in the lives of workers like Mr. Bollettino, who
saw jobs that paid decent wages flee to other states or overseas. Yet for all the churning, a
thriving service industry has kept the New Jersey economy robust compared with other
states.”
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F3081EFB3D580C7A8CDDAC0894DC
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“Greenspan Warns of Deficit As Big Threat to Economy”
Edmund L. Andrews (staff writer), The New York Times, Business/Financial Desk;
(May 7, 2004 Friday)
“Staunchly defending free trade and brushing aside political anger over ‘outsourcing’ of
jobs to foreign countries, Mr. Greenspan said that expanded trade would make it easier
rather than harder for the United States to reduce its foreign borrowing.”
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“Send Jobs to India? U.S. Companies Say It's Not Always Best”
Eduardo Porter (staff writer), The New York Times, Business/Financial Desk (April 28,
2004 Wednesday)
“Even as the prospect of high-skilled American jobs moving to low-wage countries like
India ignites hot political debate, some entrepreneurs are finding that India's vaunted
high-technology work force is not always as effective as advertised.”
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0E1FF7355E0C7B8EDDAD0894DC4
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“Bush Seeks To Put Focus On Economy In Iowa Visit”
Richard W. Stevenson (staff writer), The New York Times, National Desk; The 2004
Campaign: The President (April 16, 2004 Friday)
“Mr. Bush used his appearance in Iowa… to scoff at the argument being made by some
Democrats that the United States should protect jobs by erecting more trade barriers. Yet
even as he expressed his faith in the ability of Americans to compete and win on world
markets, he acknowledged, more explicitly than he usually does, the anxiety that has
come with globalization and outsourcing.”
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50615F93E5F0C758DDDAD0894DC4
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“Presidential Politics Divide Silicon Valley”
Laurie J. Flynn (staff writer), The New York Times, Business/Financial Desk;
Technology (April 12, 2004 Monday)
“Marc Andreessen, the Silicon Valley entrepreneur who in 1995 made a fortune
taking Netscape public … is angered by Senator Kerry's position on outsourcing, the
growing trend of farming out white-collar technical jobs to lower-wage countries like
India and China. … Not everyone in Silicon Valley views Mr. Kerry as anti-business, and
many technology executives call his stand on outsourcing a balanced one.
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“Outsourcing, Turned Inside Out”
Ken Belson (staff writer), The New York Times, Money and Business/Financial Desk
(April 11, 2004 Sunday)
“Foreign direct investment, once an object of scorn, fear and recrimination in the United
States, is increasingly regarded as a source of new jobs, production and exports. Such
‘insourcing,’ as proponents have come to call it, suggests that free trade is not the oneway street that critics make it out to be.”
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40D11F7385C0C728DDDAD0894DC4
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“Treasury Chief Defends Outsourcing of U.S. Work”
Edmund L. Andrews (staff writer), The New York Times, Business/Financial Desk
(March 31, 2004 Wednesday)
“The Bush administration, still sparring with Senator John Kerry over the issue of trade,
said the practice of exporting work overseas had little to do with the loss of jobs in the
United States.”
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http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40F12FB3C5D0C728FDDAA0894DC4
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“Outsourcing Joins the M.B.A. Curriculum”
Christopher S. Stewart (staff writer), The New York Times, Money and
Business/Financial Desk; Executive Life (March 28, 2004 Sunday)
“Under the auspices of the M.B.A. program, Ms. Dvorak and her classmates spent 10
days learning about outsourcing from local and international companies in cities like
Bangalore, New Delhi and Mumbai.”
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00C1EFF3B540C7B8EDDAA0894DC4
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“Kerry to Propose Eliminating a Tax Break on U.S. Companies' Overseas Profits”
Edmund L. Andrews And Jodi Wilgoren (staff writers), The New York Times, National
Desk (March 26, 2004 Friday)
“Responding to widespread anxiety about the movement of American jobs overseas,
Senator John Kerry plans to propose on Friday a sweeping revision of international
corporate taxes intended to prompt companies to invest more money in the United
States.”
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“Commerce Post Candidate Withdraws After Criticism”
Elisabeth Bumiller (staff writer), The New York Times, National Desk (March 12, 2004
Friday)
“President Bush's choice for the newly created post of national manufacturing czar
withdrew from consideration late on Thursday, 24 hours after Senator John Kerry
criticized him for laying off American workers and opening a factory in China.”
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30C15FD3B5A0C718DDDAA0894DC
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“Deficit In Trade Tops $43 Billion, Monthly Record”
Edmund L. Andrews and Elisabeth Bumiller (staff writers), The New York Times,
Business/Financial Desk (March 11, 2004 Thursday)
“President Bush and his likely Democratic challenger, Senator John Kerry of
Massachusetts, spent the day trading accusations over outsourcing, the shifting of
American jobs to China and other countries with lower costs, a serious political problem
for Mr. Bush.”
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0A14F8395A0C728DDDAA0894DC
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“Talking Tough on Trade, Or Knowing When to Duck”
Elizabeth Becker (staff writer), The New York Times, Business/Financial Desk; Political
Memo (March 10, 2004 Wednesday)
“Robert B. Zoellick, the trade representative, … said trade ‘involves change, and
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that can mean difficulties for people.’ Outsourcing was judged neither good nor bad. ‘It's
a question of dealing with families and anxiety,’ he said. ‘But I think the challenge is,
How do you help people in a way that doesn't hurt or kill other jobs?’
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“If You're a Waiter, the Future Is Rosy”
Steven Greenhouse (staff writer), The New York Times, Week in Review Desk; The
Nation: Retraining for What? (March 7, 2004 Sunday)
“But according to forecasts issued last month by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 7 of the
10 occupations with the greatest growth through 2012 will be in low-wage, service fields
requiring little education… Forecasts like these raise fears that many Americans will end
up disappointed after spending years and hundreds of thousands of dollars on college
degrees.”
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“Outsourcing Is Becoming A Harder Sell in the U.S.”
Eduardo Porter (staff writer), The New York Times, Business/Financial Desk;
International Business (March 6, 2004 Saturday)
“The business community's dissonant attitudes toward global outsourcing -- hiring out
work overseas -- are evident in the results of a survey released yesterday by the business
consultant McKinsey & Company.”
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“Many New Causes for Old Problem of Jobs Lost Abroad”
Steve Lohr (staff writer), The New York Times, National Desk (February 15, 2004
Sunday)
“History suggests that Mr. Mankiw may be right. The American economy has adapted to
unsettling new waves of competition in the past. Still, many industry executives, analysts
and academics -- not distraught American workers alone -- say the nature of the
economic challenge appears to be fundamentally different this time.”
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F7081FFC3D590C768DDDAB0894DC4
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“The Bright Side of Sending Jobs Overseas”
Eduardo Porter (staff writer), The New York Times, Week in Review Desk; The Nation –
Case Study: Cellphones (February 15, 2004 Sunday)
“Yet while debate is raging over globalization's costs and benefits, Mr. Mankiw's
comments are based on solid, age-old economic arguments. Most economists agree that
higher productivity -- whether it comes from trade, outsourcing or technology -- is good,
even when it creates pain for many workers.”
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“Bush Acts to Ease the Furor Over Jobs Shipped Abroad”
Elisabeth Bumiller (staff writer), The New York Times, National Desk (February 13,
2004 Friday)
“President Bush on Thursday sought to quell a ruckus over remarks by one of his top
economic advisers, assuring a crowd that he was concerned about the loss of American
jobs to other countries, an increasingly potent issue in the 2004 campaign.”
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“Fed Chief Hints Rate Policy Will Be Steady”
Edmund L. Andrews (staff writer), The New York Times, Business/Financial Desk
(February 12, 2004 Thursday)
“Mr. Greenspan defended Mr. Mankiw, saying he essentially agreed that free
trade was good for all countries that participate.”
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“Democrats Criticize Bush Over Job Exports”
Edmund L. Andrews (staff writer), The New York Times, National Desk (February 11,
2004 Wednesday)
“Democrats in Congress and on the campaign trail, citing remarks by a top White House
economic adviser, accused President Bush on Tuesday of encouraging companies to
export jobs overseas.”
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“The No-Bang, All-Whimper Recovery”
Gretchen Morgenson (staff writer), The New York Times, Money and Business/Financial
Desk: Market Watch (January 11, 2004 Sunday)
“But the unpleasant reality remains that private-sector payrolls are now 7.5 million
workers below the level that would be typical 25 months into an economic recovery, he
said. This trend may well continue, he said, and for several troubling reasons. They all
have to do with the outsourcing phenomenon that has swept through the manufacturing
world and is now threatening service jobs. Thanks to the Internet and the continued push
for productivity, more American companies are turning to offshore workers.”
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F1061FFB3D540C728DDDA80894DC4
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“Offshore Services Grow in Lean Times”
Jonathan D. Glater (staff writer), The New York Times, Business/Financial Desk
(January 3, 2004 Saturday)
“What Mr. McGwire calls smart, others call the makings of an economic nightmare. The
business of his privately held company, one of Procter & Gamble's consultants, is to
advise companies about moving white-collar jobs overseas.”
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“New Economy; Offshore Jobs In Technology: Opportunity Or a Threat?”
Steve Lohr (staff writer), The New York Times, Business/Financial Desk (December 22,
2003 Monday)
“The short answer is that the trend is real, irreversible and another step in the
globalization of the American economy. It does present a challenge to industry,
government and individual workers. But the shifting of some technology jobs abroad fits
into a well-worn historical pattern of economic change and adjustment in the United
States.”
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40E15FF3B5B0C718EDDAB0994DB4
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“Companies sending work abroad are learning cultural sensitivity -- to their American
customers.”
Laurie J. Flynn (staff writer), The New York Times, Business/Financial Desk: New
Economy (December 8, 2003 Monday)
“Dell's recent decision to direct some customer service calls to help desks in the United
States, rather than to its call center in Bangalore, India, shows how companies with
customer support operations overseas are having to tread a fine line with their clients,
some of whom are still surprised to talk to technicians on a different continent.”
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“Business; Who Wins and Who Loses as Jobs Move Overseas?”
Erika Kinetz (staff writer), The New York Times, Money and Business/Financial Desk
(December 7, 2003 Sunday)
“The outsourcing of jobs to China and India is not new, but lately it has earned a chilling
new adjective: professional. Advances in communications technology have enabled
white-collar jobs to be shipped from the United States and Europe as never before, and
the outcry from workers who once considered themselves invulnerable is creating a
potent political force.”
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COMMENTARY
THOMAS FRIEDMAN
“The Secret Of Our Sauce”
Thomas L. Friedman (columnist), The New York Times (March 7, 2004 Sunday)
“These institutions, which nurture innovation, are our real crown jewels that must be
protected -- not the 1 percent of jobs that might be outsourced. But it is precisely these
crown jewels that can be squandered if we become lazy, or engage in mindless
protectionism, or persist in radical tax cutting that can only erode the strength and quality
of our government and educational institutions.”
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“Small and Smaller”
Thomas L. Friedman (columnist), The New York Times (March 4, 2004 Thursday)
“So now I wonder: when they write the history of the world 20 years from now,
and they come to this chapter -- Sept. 11, 2001, to March 2004 -- what will they say was
most important? The attack on the World Trade Center and the Iraq war? Or, as Mr. Rao
suggests, the convergence of PC's, telecom and work-flow software into a tipping point
that allowed India to become part of the global supply chain for services the way China
had become for manufacturing -- creating an explosion of wealth in the middle classes of
the world's two biggest nations, India and China, and giving both nations a huge new
stake in the success of globalization? I wonder.”
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“30 Little Turtles”
Thomas L. Friedman (columnist), The New York Times (February 29, 2004 Sunday)
“But I am saying that there is more to outsourcing than just economics. There's also
geopolitics. It is inevitable in a networked world that our economy is going to shed
certain low-wage, low-prestige jobs. To the extent that they go to places like India or
Pakistan -- where they are viewed as high-wage, high-prestige jobs -- we make not only a
more prosperous world, but a safer world for our own 20-year-olds.”
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BOB HERBERT
“Promises, Promises”
Bob Herbert (columnist), The New York Times (February 16, 2004 Monday)
“One of the main reasons for the decline in President Bush's credibility is the disconnect
between the rosy economic scenarios his administration keeps touting and the much more
dismal real-life experience of millions of American families.”
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“Education Is No Protection”
Bob Herbert (columnist), The New York Times (January 26, 2004 Monday)
“You want a national security issue? Trust me, this threat to the long-term
U.S. economy is a big one. Why it's not a thunderous issue in the presidential
campaign is beyond me. … We can grapple with this problem now, and try to develop
workable solutions. Or we can ignore this fire in the basement of the national economy
until it rages out of our control.”
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“Bracing for the Blow”
Bob Herbert (columnist), The New York Times (December 26, 2003 Friday)
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“Well, the workers whose jobs are now threatened at I.B.M. and similar companies
across the U.S. are well educated and absolute whizzes at processing information. But
they are nevertheless in danger of following the well-trodden path of their factory
brethren to lower-wage work, or the unemployment line.”
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NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
“Watching The Jobs Go By”
Nicholas D. Kristof (columnist), The New York Times (February 11, 2004 Wednesday)
“In 1957, the Soviet launching of Sputnik frightened America into substantially
improving math and science education. I'm hoping that the loss of jobs in medicine and
computers to India and elsewhere will again jolt us into bolstering our own teaching of
math and science.”
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PAUL KRUGMAN
“The Trade Tightrope”
Paul Krugman (columnist), The New York Times (February 27, 2004 Friday)
“But the Democratic presidential candidates have to walk a tightrope. To exploit the
administration's vulnerability, they must offer relief to threatened workers. But they also
have to avoid falling into destructive protectionism.”
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VIRGINIA POSTREL
“A researcher sees an upside in the outsourcing of programming jobs.”
Virginia Postrel (columnist), The New York Times, Business/Financial Desk; Economic
Scene (January 29, 2004 Thursday)
“Over the long run, she argues, the globalization of software and computer services will
enhance American productivity growth and create new higher-value, higher-paid
technical jobs. What's happening now to software and services has already happened to
hardware, with great economic results.”
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GUEST EDITORIALS
“Questions For Lou Dobbs: Shape Up, Don't Ship Out”
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Deborah Solomon (staff writer), The New York Times Magazine Desk; The Way We
Live Now: 3-21-04 (March 21, 2004 Sunday)
“A: Are you willing to sacrifice 600,000 American jobs and employees to create jobs
overseas? I love India. I love the Indian people. But the idea that we can sacrifice an
American family to create jobs overseas is insensitive beyond belief.”
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“As job exports rise, some economists rethink the mathematics of free trade.”
Jeff Madrick (editor of Challenge Magazine and teacher at Cooper Union and New
School University), The New York Times, Economic Scene (March 18, 2004 Thursday)
“In general, most economists believe that the ‘consumer surplus’ that results from lower
prices far outweighs the cost of lost jobs or lower wages. In other words, there are many
more winners than losers. But recent research suggests that the magnitude of this
advantage has been exaggerated. Also, the plight of the losers has clearly been sorely
neglected in the economic literature.”
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“With free trade, what goes abroad usually finds its way back, to everyone's benefit.”
Hal R. Varian (professor of business, economics and information management at the
University of California at Berkeley), The New York Times, Economic Scene (March
11, 2004 Thursday)
“The money paid to foreign producers, whether businesses or workers, typically comes
back home to buy domestic goods and services, thereby generating domestic
employment. That is true whether it is European companies paying American biotech
researchers, or American companies paying Indian programmers.”
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“Why Your Job Isn't Moving to Bangalore”
Jagdish Bhagwati (senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and professor at
Columbia University), The New York Times (February 15, 2004 Sunday)
“In the end, Americans' increasing dependence on an ever-widening array of technology
will create a flood of high-paying jobs requiring hands-on technicians, not disembodied
voices from the other side of the world.”
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EDITORIALS
“John Kerry, Fiscal Conservative”
Editorial (unsigned), The New York Times (April 8, 2004 Thursday)
“The Democrats have become the balanced-budget advocates, appealing to the electorate
much in the manner of old-fashioned Main Street Republicans. … More worrisome are
the protectionist outbursts against the overseas outsourcing of jobs.”
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http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F5081EF93F5C0C7B8CDDAD0894DC4
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“A Stingy Recovery”
Editorial (unsigned), The New York Times (February 7, 2004, Saturday)
“It's a presidential election year, so the economy is being described as both feast and
famine. The Bush administration would have you believe that the good times are roaring
back, while Democrats paint a bleak picture of a broken nation, about to export its last
few jobs to India and China.”
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“Political Timing, Outsourced”
Editorial (unsigned), The New York Times (February 17, 2004 Tuesday)
“The White House has been quick to betray sound free-trade policies to suit its political
interests, so there was an element of comeuppance in watching it take a beating. But
someone should point out that Mr. Mankiw was right. Call center jobs in India do lift that
country's standard of living while freeing up American capital, labor and other resources
for more efficient, high-value uses.”
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette citations (28)
News stories (17)
Commentary (10)
Editorials (1)
NEWS STORIES
“Speaking Out (Lou Dobbs)”
Lynn Elber (Associated Press television writer), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (April 18, 2004)
Lou Dobbs is a newsman on a mission. Or, as detractors would have it, he's a ‘raving’
trade protectionist, a ratings hound, or possibly suffering ‘some sort of intellectual
midlife crisis.’ Every weeknight for more than a year ‘Lou Dobbs Tonight’ on CNN has
insistently covered -- and condemned -- sending American jobs to other countries, a k a
outsourcing or offshoring.”
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“States Sending Jobs Overseas; Legislatures Consider Ban On 'Outsourcing' Government
Business”
Karen Macpherson (staff writer), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (April 4, 2004 Sunday)
“Stung by media reports of low-wage workers in India answering telephone queries from
American food stamp recipients, legislatures in 31 states are considering measures to ban
or restrict overseas ‘outsourcing’ of government business.”
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“Let's Talk Insourcing: Jobs Outsourced Overseas Grab Headlines, But Foreign Firms
That Build Plants And Hire In U.S. More Than Offset Losses”
Art Pine (Bloomberg News), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (March 31, 2004)
“Bell and BMW illustrate the flip side of the election-year debate over job ‘outsourcing.’
While U.S. companies including Hewlett-Packard Co., the world's second-largest
computer maker, and AIG Life Insurance Co., the world's largest insurer, have transferred
white-collar work to low-wage countries such as India and China, more jobs are coming
the other way, according to government estimates and trade analysts.”
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“H.J. Tries To Keep Name Out Of Race”
James O'Toole (staff writer), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (March 27, 2004)
“Seeking to keep itself from getting entangled in the presidential election campaign, the
H.J. Heinz Co. insists that there should be no political considerations in what kind of
ketchup you put on your freedom fries. ... The company's statements have not silenced
the Kerry-flogging bloggers. A particular target of their criticism is the fact that Kerry
has assailed the outsourcing of American jobs while the firm that is the source of his
wife's wealth operates across the globe.”
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“Wage Insurance: A Way To Ease Outsourcing Angst?”
Mark Roth (staff writer), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Series: Outsourcing the Future?
(March 24, 2004 Wednesday)
“In March 2001, [Robert] Litan, a Brookings Institution economist, and Lori Kletzer, a
University of California-Santa Cruz economics professor, wrote a paper advocating that
the United States set up a program of wage insurance, combined with subsidies for health
insurance, for workers who lose their jobs through no fault of their own.”
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“Facing The Challenges Of A Global Work Force”
Jim McKay (staff writer), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Series: Outsourcing the Future?
(March 24, 2004)
“The yawning salary gap between Pittsburgh and Bangalore is a stark example of the
challenges facing American workers as the economy moves into a new phase of
globalization -- the way in which white-collar services can be performed virtually
anywhere. The trend is in its early stages, but it's already raising questions for policy
leaders about how to make U.S. knowledge and service workers more competitive, and
how to help those who lose their jobs make the transition to new careers.”
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“Why Do Overseas Workers Make So Much Less?”
Mark Roth (staff writer), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Series: Outsourcing the Future?
(March 23, 2004)
“Over time, Lerrick said, wages in India and other booming technology hot spots will
probably rise, at which point they may become vulnerable to seeing their own jobs
‘outsourced’ to even cheaper countries. In the United States, it may be true that some
technology employees will have to be willing to work for less to compete with their new
international rivals, but history also indicates many of these workers will find new hightech jobs that will pay as much as or more than the jobs they lost.”
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“U.S. Overseas Payrolls Grow”
Clint Swett (Sacramento Bee), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (March 23, 2004)
“A globalized economy fueled by tech-savvy workers in low-wage countries and a
telecommunications system that makes instant communication cheap and easy are fueling
the trend. But it also is sparking anger in this country as the economy musters only
anemic job growth while emerging from a three-year recession.”
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“A Piece Of Latrobe Lands In Bangalore”
Jim McKay (staff writer), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Series: Outsourcing the Future?
(March 22, 2004 Monday)
“While most of the political debate over outsourcing has focused on American companies
that make products or contract for services that are imported back into the U.S. market,
Kennametal represents another major reason why American firms are going overseas -- to
follow their customers. Kennametal is the second-largest maker of metalworking
products in the world, and as the manufacturers it serves move to lower-cost countries
like India and China, it has no choice but to follow, said Chairman and Chief Executive
Markos Tambakeras.”
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“It Hurts If It's Your Job Going Abroad”
Jim McKay (staff writer), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Series: Outsourcing the Future?
(March 22, 2004 Monday)
“She loved working for Big Blue. But the dream lasted just four years, until May 2002.
That's when IBM cut its Pittsburgh staff by 136 and moved the software development
project she managed to India. The last assignment for some of the laid-off programmers
on Matvya's project was to train their replacements, Indians who made several trips here
to learn the job. She recalled how awkward the process was: on the day the local
employees' layoffs were announced, the Indian workers were in the office.”
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“For The 'Zippies,' Life Is Good: High-Tech Workers Forge Lifestyles Very Different
From Their Parents”
Jim McKay (staff writer), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Series: Outsourcing the Future?
(March 21, 2004 Sunday)
“Whether or not they are less satisfied with life than their parents are, the drive to get
ahead among these young people is what many experts think may finally help propel
India into a modern economic giant. Most of the workers who are staffing India's offices
and call centers are in their 20s -- half of the population is under 25 -- and just a few
years ago many of them were living much more traditional lives with their parents in
villages and small towns.”
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“Where Did All The Jobs Go? Try Bangalore”
Jim McKay (staff writer), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Series: Outsourcing the Future?
(March 21, 2004 Sunday)
“This is the epicenter of a revolution. ... The Infosys campus, which employs 7,000 of the
company's 21,000 workers worldwide, showcases India's aspirations to become a
powerhouse in the global economy. It also symbolizes what is happening to American
jobs in Pittsburgh and other cities around the nation.”
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“Bill Would Discourage Firms From Sending Jobs Overseas”
Bill Toland (staff writer), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (March 19, 2004 Friday)
“Yesterday, the two representatives, along with Gov. Ed Rendell, announced that they
now hope to install a points system that would give otherwise similar bidders preferential
treatment if they pledge that all contract work is being done by American workers. The
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state would not be barred, however, from giving work to companies that subcontract their
work to overseas vendors.”
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“‘Inevitable’ Outsourcing Stirs Passions”
Jim McKay (staff writer), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (March 11, 2004)
“At the technology council confab, businesses, executives and government officials
discussed the pitfalls, benefits and steps to take in developing business strategies both to
embrace the movement of work to lower-cost locations and to compete against it.”
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“Job Growth Remains Stagnant; Kerry Challenges Bush On Key Election Issue”
Steve Massey (Associate Editor of the Business section), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (March
6, 2004 Saturday)
“In what's developing into a sticky political issue for President Bush, the nation's job
market laid another egg in February, with business payrolls barely expanding by 21,000
and meager gains the preceding two months revised downward by another 23,000 jobs.
The news confounded economists who had expected February to show gains in the
125,000 to 130,000 range, and elevated the already hot-button issue of job growth to the
top of the presidential debate chart.”
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“Legislators Slam Outsourcing; Veon, Mcgeehan's Bills Would Make Work For State
Harder For Firms That Ship Jobs Overseas”
Tom Barnes (staff writer), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (February 25, 2004 Wednesday)
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“Two House Democrats, one from Beaver County and one from Philadelphia, are
proposing legislation to make it harder for American companies to ship jobs overseas.”
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“Greenspan: Inadequate Education, Not Outsourcing, Hurting Jobs”
Craig Torres And Simon Kennedy (Bloomberg News), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Business
section (February 21, 2004 Saturday)
“The ‘outsourcing’ of jobs to other countries is far less of a problem for American
workers than a lack of training and education, and protectionist measures can't do
anything to solve that dilemma, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said
yesterday.”
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“Rising Trade Gap, Job Fears Hurt Economy”
Michael McKee And Joe Richter (Bloomberg News), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (February
14, 2004)
“The latest snapshot of trade activity comes amid rising tensions over global trade and
worries about the flight, or outsourcing, of U.S. jobs to other countries. President Bush's
chief economist, Gregory Mankiw, struck a political nerve this week when he described
the loss of U.S. jobs to overseas companies as ‘just a new way of doing international
trade.’”
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COMMENTARY
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CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER
“Democrats Won't Concede That Free Trade Is The Antidote To Poverty”
Author: Charles Krauthammer (syndicated Washington Post columnist), Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette (April 10, 2004)
“The anti- outsourcing vogue is part of a larger assault on free trade, which until recently
-- meaning the Clinton administration -- Democrats had supported.”
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STEVE MASSEY
“Trade Needn't Be A Four-Letter Word”
Steve Massey (Associate Editor of the Business section), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
(February 8, 2004 Sunday)
“That, in a nutshell, reflects society's misunderstanding of what living and working in a
truly global economy means, the noted economist and former Massachusetts Institute of
Technology professor said via telephone last week. Americans, and the media, are quick
to highlight stories of plant closings and job losses and blame them on imports and
foreign trade. They are less willing to credit much of the job growth that does occur here
to global forces.”
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DENNIS RODDY
“The Talk On The Bus”
Dennis Roddy (columnist), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (May 2, 2004)
“Sometime between the decision to do a photo op at a hotdog stand and CNN's fixation
on whether John Kerry had pitched medals or campaign ribbons over a fence 33 years
ago, Don Shaffer and Wayne Donato slipped to the front of the bus to explain what it's
like to be outsourced.”
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GEORGE WILL
“Free Trade Is Free-Ranging”
George F. Will (syndicated columnist), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (February 19, 2004)
“For the highly competent work force of this wealthy nation, the loss of jobs is not a
zero-sum game, it is a trading up in social rewards.”
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GUEST EDITORIALS
“Retraining Funds Needed”
Dennis Gilbert (Latrobe resident), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Letters to the Editor (April
27, 2004)
“Do we have a moral obligation to subsidize the retraining of professional and technical
workers who have lost their jobs due to outsourcing?… However, unlike the waves of
manufacturing workers who lost their jobs 20 years ago and had TAA to bankroll
retraining, this group of dislocated workers is out of luck! If we are going to advocate
free trade and let market forces rule international trade, I think we have a moral
imperative to provide financial support for retraining.”
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“How To Keep Jobs Here? Better Workers”
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Tim Murphy (U.S. Representative, R), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (March 28, 2004)
“Here in southwestern Pennsylvania, a diminished focus on job training threatens the
exceptional work ethic, innovation and access to capital that were major drivers of our
original success. Vocational schooling and career-specific training have been devalued at
a time when technological innovation mandates the need for highly trained workers. In
short, we cannot compete with other regions because we are not providing a flexible,
trained work force.”
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“Making A Case For Outsourcing”
Sunil Wadhwani (co-founder, iGate Corp.), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Series: Outsourcing
the Future? (March 21, 2004 Sunday)
“Here are some of [Sunil] Wadhwani's thoughts on the future of outsourcing. ‘If you look
forward, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says that by the end of this decade, the U.S.
economy is going to produce 20 million new jobs over what there is now. At the same
time, the baby boomers are getting up there and retirements are going to be going up
pretty dramatically. How is the staff going to be filled? To me, offshoring is one way to
fill part of that gap.’”
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“A Q&A With Robert Reich”
Robert Reich (Secretary of Labor in the first Clinton administration), Pittsburgh PostGazette (March 21, 2004 Sunday)
“A: In the next five years, outsourcing won't amount to much. At most, we're talking
about a few hundred thousand jobs subtracted from an American labor market that is
likely to generate 10 million new jobs. In 30 years, outsourcing will be a very big deal.”
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“Where Are The Jobs And How Can We Get Them?”
Jodie T. Allen (managing editor of U.S. News & World Report, reprinted from the
Washington Post’s Outlook section), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (March 14, 2004)
“In the long run, though, the thing even execs should fear is this: What would happen if
America's once-prosperous middle class, the sine qua non of a vibrant democracy, grew
too strapped to purchase the goods and services that businesses produce?”
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“Don't Make India The Outsourcing Scapegoat”
James K. Glassman (fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, host of
TechCentralStation.com), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (March 11, 2004)
“So far, legislation backed by Clinton, Corzine and the rest has been fairly benign. But
they have fanned the flames of protectionist anger, and the fire is raging out of control.
One result could be a reversal of the global movement toward open trade, which has been
a boon to America.”
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EDITORIALS
“Jobs At Home; When Outsourcing American Work Goes Too Far”
Editorial (unsigned), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (February 21, 2004 Saturday)
“The bottom line is that, in spite of the logic of efficient production and maximized
profits, ignoring the interests and feelings of American workers can carry a high price, to
the management of American companies and to the politicians intertwined with them.”
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San Francisco Chronicle citations (18)
News stories (15)
Commentary (3)
NEWS STORIES
“Sweeney comes out swinging: Labor leader criticizes efforts to solve America's job
crisis”
George Raine (staff writer), San Francisco Chronicle (Saturday, April 24, 2004)
“AFL-CIO President John Sweeney in a speech Friday in San Francisco … said the
current Trade Assistance Adjustment program provides tuition and income to workers
who have been displaced by trade, but nothing for displaced white-collar workers and
nothing for the community colleges that provide the training.”
http://sfgate.com/cgibin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/04/24/BUGO66ADHJ1.DTL
“Dennis Wu: A citizen of the world”
David Armstrong (staff writer), San Francisco Chronicle, Profile (Wednesday, April 21,
2004)
“But Wu thinks the deficit can be narrowed by doing smarter business and cautions
Americans to see China in a broad context: ‘Although China has a trade surplus with us,
they are running a deficit of their own with the rest of the world. They're importing a lot
of stuff. We need to ask ourselves why we're not providing those goods.’”
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“U.S. science losing its edge, group warns: Plea to boost federal funds for research”
Carolyn Lochhead (staff writer), San Francisco Chronicle (Wednesday, April 21, 2004)
“A new coalition of research universities and high-tech companies opened a public
campaign Tuesday to implore the federal government to increase funding for basic
research as their answer to the job losses hitting the U.S. workforce as a result of
offshoring.”
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“Are biotech jobs next to go? Stronghold of Bay Area economy not immune to trend”
Bernadette Tansey (staff writer), San Francisco Chronicle (Sunday, April 18, 2004)
“Biotechnology, a burgeoning industry born in the Bay Area, is often cast as the savior
that will help replace the hundreds of thousands of jobs lost to offshoring, the trend by
U.S. firms to cut costs by sending work overseas. But there are signs that the nation's
biotech industry may be on the verge of an offshoring wave of its own, awakened to an
international climate where firms can get qualified workers for as little as a tenth of the
U.S. cost.”
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“Testing the offshore waters: Biotech firms experiment with moving work overseas”
Bernadette Tansey (staff writer), San Francisco Chronicle (Sunday, April 18, 2004)
“Fast forward to 2004, and some Bay Area companies think the very threat they were
guarding against -- countries like China and India that have emerging biotech clusters -might now be one of the keys to their survival. Sending portions of their work to these
lower-cost overseas tech centers holds much appeal for some biotech firms facing steep
expenses for drug development.”
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“The battle to save stock options: Traditional adversaries in Congress unite against
governing board”
Carolyn Lochhead (staff writer), San Francisco Chronicle, Analysis: Silicon Valley's
Political Clout (Monday, April 5, 2004)
“The effect will be largest on startup firms that lack the cash to lure talent, they say. And
they link stock options to the rising competitive threat from China and the uproar over
offshoring jobs overseas, noting that the Chinese government has incorporated stock
options into its five-year economic plan to boost its tech industry.”
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“Kerry's solution to offshoring: Democrat seeks to curb tax breaks for firms that set up
abroad”
Sam Zuckerman (economics writer), San Francisco Chronicle (Saturday, March 27,
2004)
“Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry has come up with what he bills as a
logical approach to curbing the movement of American jobs overseas -- roll back tax
breaks for companies that locate abroad. … The problem, though, is that a move to make
companies pay taxes on their foreign earnings, however advisable it may be, will do little
to stem the loss of American jobs.”
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“Bush chides 'defeatist' opponents: In Ohio, president aggressively defends his economic
policies”
Carolyn Lochhead (staff writer), San Francisco Chronicle (Thursday, March 11, 2004)
“Bush blamed lackluster job growth not on businesses sending jobs overseas but on rapid
productivity growth that is at a 50-year high, driven by new technologies that are
displacing workers. He repeatedly said the economy is in a productivity-led transition in
which fewer workers are needed to produce the same amount of goods and services. The
answer to job losses, he said, is better training and education for workers.”
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“Offshoring's giant target: the Bay Area; Silicon Valley could face export of 1 in 6 jobs -worst in nation”
Carrie Kirby and John Shinal (staff writers), San Francisco Chronicle (Sunday, March 7,
2004)
“Jobs are more likely to be shipped overseas from Silicon Valley than any other region in
the nation, placing the Bay Area's economic engine directly in the path of the global
freight train known as offshoring.”
http://sfgate.com/cgibin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/03/07/MNGRT5G2C11.DTL
“Looking Offshore: Impact On Jobs”
San Francisco Chronicle, Looking Offshore (Sunday, March 7, 2004)
“The Chronicle's Business section will be running a series of stories throughout the year
on the offshoring of American jobs and what that means to us. By examining the forces
driving workforce globalization, we intend to give readers a well-rounded view of an
issue that will surely remain at the center of the political season but promises to resonate
locally, nationally and globally far beyond November.”
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“China: Giving India competition Chinese-born entrepreneurs help homeland”
Vanessa Hua (staff writer), San Francisco Chronicle, Looking Offshore (Sunday, March
7, 2004)
“Like their Indian counterparts, Chinese American entrepreneurs from the Bay Area are
going back to their homeland with Silicon Valley know-how, connections and capital to
help build a burgeoning software industry. Blessed with cheap technical talent, Chinese
firms have begun to undercut the bargain-rate companies in India.”
http://sfgate.com/cgibin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/03/07/BUGGI5ENK51.DTL
“VC firms push for outsourcing”
John Shinal (staff writer), San Francisco Chronicle, Looking Offshore: Investors
(Sunday, March 7, 2004)
“Silicon Valley's top venture capitalists are pushing hard for tech startups to use offshore
workers to lower costs. Interviews with executives from five Silicon Valley startups that
received venture funding in February found that savings in the range of 40 to 50 percent
is typical.”
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“Outsourcing: Fed chairman warns U.S. against ‘protectionist cures’”
Carolyn Lochhead (staff writer), San Francisco Chronicle (Saturday, February 21, 2004)
“Greenspan, despite his high public visibility, is only the latest economist to warn that
attempts to protect industries usually destroy far more jobs than they save. That's because
tariffs raise input costs for other industries that use those products, making them less
competitive.”
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“Economists back tech industry's overseas hiring: Workers deny U.S. lacks qualified
staff”
Carolyn Lochhead (staff writer), San Francisco Chronicle (Friday, January 9, 2004)
“Economists largely agreed with the high-tech industry's outspoken defense of moving
jobs to India and China but noted this time the principle applies to a group unaccustomed
to losing their jobs to overseas competition: highly educated and highly paid white-collar
workers in Silicon Valley.”
http://sfgate.com/cgibin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/01/09/MNG6C46T0M1.DTL
“Market squeaks past benchmark: Stocks buoyed by new confidence in U.S. recovery”
Sam Zuckerman (economics writer), San Francisco Chronicle (Friday, December 12,
2003)
“Analysts say that bad news for workers has translated into good news for the stock
market. By shifting production overseas and pushing their existing workforces harder,
businesses have boosted profit and pleased investors.”
http://sfgate.com/cgibin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/12/12/BUGDC3LMH51.DTL
COMMENTARY
DAVID LAZARUS
“Outsourced UCSF notes highlight privacy risk: How one offshore worker sent tremor
through medical system”
David Lazarus (columnist), San Francisco Chronicle, Special Report: Looking Offshore
(Sunday, March 28, 2004)
“American jobs have been moving offshore for years, primarily manufacturing work
seeking out lower-paid workers abroad. The outsourcing of people's personal
information, though, is a relatively new phenomenon -- opening the door to identity theft,
fraud and other criminal activities.”
http://sfgate.com/cgibin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/03/28/MNGFS3080R264.DTL
“Straight from the mouth: Executives speak out”
San Francisco Chronicle, Looking Offshore (Sunday, March 7, 2004)
“Many of Silicon Valley's top leaders addressed the topic of offshoring during On the
Record interviews with The Chronicle.”
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“On the record: John Chambers”
Q&A with the president and chief executive officer of Cisco Systems, the world's largest
purveyor of Internet equipment, San Francisco Chronicle, (Sunday, February 29, 2004)
“I think you will see growth in jobs go where the best educated workforce is, with the
right infrastructure, with the right supportive government. … I think the balance of that,
on a global basis, is dependent upon how well both companies and governments adjust to
creating the right environment that allows this to occur naturally, which will raise the
whole world's economy and allow the 5 billion people around the world who don't
participate in today's industrial revolution to have a part in that.”
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch citations (28)
News stories (23)
Commentary (3)
Editorials (2)
NEWS STORIES
“Rethinking Outsourcing” (no link; entire text below)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Business section (May 14, 2004)
“Outside of cost savings, outsourcing isn't a panacea for business needs, a new survey by
Towers Perrin finds. The study of 32 companies shows:
* More than three-quarters of the firms had short-term cost-savings goals.
* Only 35 percent of the respondents cited improvements in service quality beyond their
own abilities.” (Entire text)
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“The IT Job Market Rebounds For New College Grads”
Susan C. Thomson (staff writer), St. Louis Post-Dispatch (May 10, 2004)
“Since she started college five years ago, Weber has watched as the market for graduates
in computer-related fields has cycled through the best and worst of times. Despite the
specter of information technology jobs being exported overseas, the U.S. Department of
Labor projects healthy growth in IT jobs for several years to come.”
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“Like The Jingle, The Union Label Fades Away”
Gregory Cancelada And Jack Naudi (staff writers), St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Business
section (April 23, 2004)
“Calls for ‘Buy Union-Made’ and ‘Buy American’ might appear nostalgic in a day when
X-rays of American patients are analyzed by physicians abroad and U.S.-produced shoes
are nearly impossible to find. But the union movement hopes its 130-year-old message to
buy products with the union label and more recent calls to buy American are
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reinvigorated amid the growing debate about overseas outsourcing of service jobs and the
steady loss of manufacturing jobs in the United States.”
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“Slow Growth In Hiring Reflects Firms Doing More With Less”
Adam Geller (Associated Press), St. Louis Post-Dispatch (April 18, 2004)
“Many employers are reaping the benefits of a surging economy by rethinking the way
they use labor.”
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“Gephardt Says Bush Is So Bad, ‘I'm Nostalgic For Ronald Reagan’”
Jo Mannies (Political Correspondent), St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Metro section (April 18,
2004)
“The convention showcased the national Democrats' chief lines of attack. Besides Bushbashing, the targets were Iraq and economics - issues seen as reflecting the common
concerns of rural, suburban and urban voters. The rising cost of college tuition, the
troubles facing U.S. troops in Iraq and the overseas outsourcing of jobs have no
geographic boundaries, party activists say.”
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“Offshoring Jobs Could Drain The Public Coffers”
Rachel Konrad (Associated Press), St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Business section (April 8,
2004)
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“As U.S. companies shift jobs to low-paid workers in developing nations, a growing
number of economists and politicians worry that offshore outsourcing could damage the
nation's fiscal health by draining tax coffers. Although proponents of offshoring dismiss
such concerns as far-fetched or naive, some tax experts say the migration of lucrative
technology jobs to India and China is shrinking U.S. employee tax contributions and
could exacerbate state budget shortfalls.”
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“Treasury Secretary Sees Outsourcing Of Jobs As Normal Part Of Trade”
Associated Press, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Business section (March 31, 2004)
“Treasury Secretary John Snow reignited the debate about companies shipping jobs
overseas with a comment Tuesday that outsourcing is an integral part of a global trading
system.”
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“Debate Centers On Whether To Privatize Services”
Ben Hallman (staff writer), St. Louis Post-Dispatch (March 28, 2004)
“Abel is sponsor of a measure that would require state government contracts to stipulate
that only U.S. citizens or residents do the work. But the bigger issue is the question of
how much of what once was done by the government should be farmed out to private
enterprise.”
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“Kerry Targets Tax Break For Firms' Foreign Income”
Martin Crutsinger (Associated Press), St. Louis Post-Dispatch (March 27, 2004)
“Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Friday unveiled his plan to deal with
companies that he has repeatedly criticized during the campaign for reaping tax benefits
while shipping U.S. jobs overseas. But his proposal to end an estimated $12 billion
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annually in corporate tax relief is certain to stir stiff opposition from some of America's
largest multinational companies.”
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“Voters Tell Bush, Kerry Jobs Are Key”
Philip Dine (staff writer), St. Louis Post-Dispatch (March 26, 2004)
“Jobs and outsourcing dominate now partly because of personal worries, Zogby said. His
most recent polling showed that one of every five people lives in a household where
someone is afraid of losing a job in the next year. In a sign that what once were largely
blue-collar concerns have expanded to other groups, the figure increases to one out of
every four for those earning $75,000 a year or more.”
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“Lawmakers, Corporations Pick Sides, Prepare For Fight On House Trade Bill”
Deirdre Shesgreen (staff writer), St. Louis Post-Dispatch (March 26, 2004)
“Thomas' bill would repeal the export subsidy and redirect much of the money to new
corporate tax breaks for the same manufacturers who enjoyed the subsidy. But his bill
also includes new tax breaks that would apply only to offshore operations of U.S.
companies. Critics of the bill, including many Democrats and some Republicans, say the
international tax provisions would encourage more outsourcing.”
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“Labor Unites Behind Kerry, But Clout Is Unknown”
Philip Dine (staff writer), St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Newswatch section (March 14, 2004)
“In a bid to focus national attention on the loss of jobs and the exporting of work
overseas, a key element of the Democratic message as the presidential campaign heats
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March 24.”
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“In Ohio, Bush Charges That Kerry's…”
Associated Press, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (March 11, 2004)
“The Bush-Kerry duel came on a day when America's trade deficit swelled to an all-time
high of $43.1 billion in January as the value of goods and services imported into the
United States continues to eclipse the value of U.S. exports. The deficit figures highlight
tension over global trade and the loss of U.S. jobs to other countries, a phenomenon
known as ‘outsourcing.’”
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“Kerry Backs 90-Day Notice To Workers When Jobs Go Overseas”
Associated Press, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (February 26, 2004)
“The Massachusetts senator said he will require companies that ship jobs offshore to tell
the Labor Department and the workers when, where and why the jobs are moving.”
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“Protectionism Will Cost Jobs, Greenspan Says”
Associated Press, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Business section (February 21, 2004)
“The ‘protectionist cures’ being advanced to deal with U.S. job insecurities would make
the situation worse, Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve, warned Friday.
Entering the debate over jobs being shipped overseas, Greenspan said a lack of adequate
educational training- rather than outsourcing - poses the greatest threat to American
prosperity.”
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“St. Louis Manufacturers Evolve In Global Market”
Mary Jo Feldstein (staff writer), St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Business section (February 20,
2004)
“Manufacturers across St. Louis and the nation are cutting back domestic operations and
expanding in Asia, with new factories and marketing strategies. But not every company
can move across the ocean, and not every displaced worker can change to a new career.
Balancing the need for domestic jobs with the goal of improving the worldwide economy
is emerging as an issue in the 2004 presidential election.”
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“Bush Uses Trip To Rectify Aide's Remark”
Associated Press, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (February 13, 2004)
“Bush used the brief trip to Pennsylvania … to try to tamp down criticism from both
Democrats and Republicans over an aide's remark that some interpreted as playing down
the loss of American jobs to overseas markets.”
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“Technical Difficulties”
Steve Giegerich (Associated Press), St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Business section (February
2, 2004)
“While there are hopeful signs outside the technology sector, outsourcing of computer
programming and customer service jobs to China, India and other countries with cheaper
labor costs have dimmed prospects for seniors like [Andrew Zhou], said Richard White,
director of career services at Rutgers.”
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“Democrats Champion The Worker As Victim Of U.S. Policy”
Jon Sawyer (Washington Bureau Chief), St. Louis Post-Dispatch (January 29, 2004)
“As the campaign shifts to Missouri and half a dozen other states that vote Tuesday,
variations on Kerry's theme will be heard from virtually every candidate -- that millions
of American workers have become more vulnerable economically as a result of policies
that have ignored the rising threat of downsizing and outsourcing and trade deals that
have placed the interest of multinational corporations over workers.”
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“Corporate Interest Grows In Offshore Outsourcing”
Bruce Meyerson (Associated Press), St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Business section (January
25, 2004)
“With the loss of jobs to other countries being thrust into the spotlight again by a
presidential campaign, the newer trend of moving white-collar positions overseas has
grown so controversial that attendees from major corporations such as Microsoft Corp.
and Cisco Systems Inc. declined to discuss the conference.”
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“Tech Firms Defend Moving Jobs Overseas”
Associated Press, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Business section (January 8, 2004)
“Worried about possible government reaction to the movement of U.S. technology jobs
overseas, leading American computer companies are defending recent shifts in
employment to Asia and elsewhere as necessary for future profits and warning
policymakers against restrictions.”
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“Tech Spending Could Rise In 2004, But Not Across The Board”
Justin Pope (Associated Press), St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Business section (January 2,
2004)
“Also, the experts pointed to some areas where growth might not be forthcoming, despite
expectations. … Another is outsourcing. Companies that embraced sending their
technology elsewhere, including overseas, are starting to realize that it might be more
expensive than they thought, analysts say.”
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“IBM Will Move More Jobs Overseas”
Associated Press, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Business section (December 16, 2003)
“International Business Machines Corp. of Armonk, N.Y., plans to move thousands of
skilled software jobs to India, China and other countries from the United States. The shift
would be one of the biggest such actions yet in the technology industry.”
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COMMENTARY
“Make Trade More Humane”
Ken Schechtman, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Editorial section: The Global Economy (April
22, 2004)
“Free traders must acknowledge that there may be a long wait on domestic bread lines if
the victims of outsourcing must await, without meaningful government intervention, the
creation and development of new industries. Protectionists must realize that
undiscriminating keep-the-jobs-at-home populism can decimate slums in Third World
backwaters. It can yield trade wars and inflation, which is the equivalent of a regressive
tax on the poorest Americans. When it comes to trade policy, oversimplified advocacy is
a global plague.”
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“‘Insourcing’ Shows The Flip Side Of Jobs Going Overseas”
David Nicklaus (columnist), St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Business section (April 16, 2004)
“The headlines about software and call-center jobs going to India seem alarming until
you realize that there's another side of the coin. Jobs get outsourced from other countries,
too. And many of them wind up in the United States.”
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“Outsourcing Comment Stirs A Firestorm Even If It's Good Economics”
David Nicklaus, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Business section (February 18, 2004)
“Unfortunately for Mankiw, his audience in Washington is different from the academic
audience for which he wrote a leading economics textbook. Democrats and some
Republicans excoriated Mankiw for what Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D.,
called "Alice in Wonderland economics." In fact, it's nothing of the sort. Mankiw was
merely invoking the age-old doctrine of comparative advantage.”
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EDITORIALS
“Help The Outsourced”
Editorial (unsigned), St. Louis Post-Dispatch (March 30, 2004)
“The way to make this trend less damaging to the American economy and the American
consumer is to create more and better jobs at home to replace those moving abroad.
That's why Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin's proposed Service Workers Fairness Act is a very
good idea. It would give job training and extended unemployment benefits to service
workers laid off when their jobs are shipped overseas.”
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“Outsourcing”
Editorial (unsigned), St. Louis Post-Dispatch (February 24, 2004)
“The answer is for America to stick to the formula that made it great: We are the world's
center for innovation. We invent the things the world will need tomorrow, and we
produce them with great efficiency. Ultimately, that's our comparative advantage. To
keep that advantage, we must emphasize education and retrain the victims of outsourcing.
Those are the best investments this nation could make.”
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Time Magazine citations (3)
“Is Your Job Going Abroad? Outsourcing is accelerating, and quickly becoming the
defining economic issue of the 2004 campaign” ($2.50 fee)
Jyoti Thottam (staff writer), Time Magazine, cover story (March 1, 2004)
“As the debate about exporting work from America dominates the presidential campaign,
voters need to separate myth from reality. A TIME guide to how we got here—and why
short-term pain might translate into long-term gain.”
http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,1101040301-593492,00.html
“How To Create Jobs”
Robert Reich, Craig Barrett, Wayne Huizenga, Catherine Mann and Alan Greenspan,
Time Magazine, cover story (March 1, 2004)
American business leaders share their thoughts on improving employment opportunities.
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101040301/(click on “Viewpoints)
“Can They Find a Good Employment Line?” ($2.50 fee)
Karen Tumulty (staff writer), Time Magazine, cover story: Jobs and the Election (March
1, 2004)
“Of all people, George W. Bush, a son of a one-term President, should certainly
understand the importance of getting the script and the staging just right when it comes to
demonstrating how committed he is to helping Americans get and keep good jobs.”
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U.S. News & World Report citations (2)
“The Honda Vote: Don't fret about 'offshoring' in Anna, where foreigners are bringing
good jobs”
Richard J. Newman (staff writer), U.S. News & World Report (June 7, 2004)
“The ‘offshoring’ of U.S. jobs is a familiar story by now, especially in the auto industry,
as GM, Ford, Chrysler, and their myriad suppliers have sought cheap labor in Mexico,
China, and other locales. But while the Big Three have been shipping work overseas,
foreign-based carmakers have become more Americanized than ever--and found ways to
reap the biggest profits in the industry while still paying high wages to U.S. workers.”
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/archive/040607/20040607044579_brief.php
“The old protectionist dodge”
Mortimer B. Zuckerman (publisher), U.S. News & World Report, Editorial (March 22,
2004)
“Now outsourcing is talked about as a national disaster, but we forget that it brings lower
prices, which beget lower inflation, which begets an increase in the real purchasing
power of people with relatively stagnant wages. It also begets lower interest rates, which
beget higher investment and economic growth and lower mortgage rates.”
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/archive/040322/20040322043786_brief.php
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Wall Street Journal citations (43)
News stories (29)
Commentary (11)
Editorials (3)
NEWS STORIES
“U.S. Investment In Low-Cost Countries Drops”
Wall Street Journal, World Watch--The Americas (May 25, 2004, Tuesday)
Investment by US manufacturers in low-cost countries is dropping, as companies opt to
outsource work to established vendors rather than establish new operations, according to
Deloitte Consulting.
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“Forrester Revises Loss Estimates To Overseas Jobs”
Jon E. Hilsenrath (staff writer), Wall Street Journal (May 17, 2004, Monday)
Forrester Research Inc finds overseas outsourcing of US white-collar jobs is occurring
faster that it estimated in Nov 2002 report; expects cumulative 830,000 jobs to move
overseas by 2005, up from earlier estimate of 600,000; expects number to rise to 3.4
million by 2015, up from earlier estimate of 3.3 million.
“Governors Retreat From Promise On Trade Pacts”
Michael Schroeder (staff writer), Wall Street Journal (May 14, 2004, Friday)
Iowa Gov Tom Vilsack, Missouri Gov Bob Holden, Pennsylvania Gov Edward Rendell
and Minnesota Gov Tim Pawlenty withdraw from agreement with US Trade
Representative Robert Zoellick that committed their states to abide by trade pacts that bar
giving preferences to local businesses or restricting outsourcing.
“Jobs, Outsourcing Draw Focus In Debate On Corporate Tax Bill”
Shailagh Murray (staff writer), Wall Street Journal (May 6, 2004, Thursday)
Senate revives long-stalled corporate-tax legislation, and debate focuses on jobs and
outsourcing; House remains deadlocked on measure.
“Tech Jobs Start To Come Back In Us After Three-Year Slump”
Scott Thrum (staff writer), Wall Street Journal (April 29, 2004, Thursday)
US technology companies for first time in several years are hiring more workers than
they are firing; deep three-year slump resulted in elimination of more than 1 million jobs;
still-modest recovery has created fewer than 20,000 new jobs, concentrated among
smaller companies, and tech-job seekers still face continuing layoffs and outsourcing of
jobs abroad, but even small gains herald significant shift.
“Legality Questioned On Outsourcing Bills”
Wall Street Journal (April 20, 2004, Tuesday)
According to a study sponsored by the National Foundation for American Policy,
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moves by US federal and state lawmakers to keep government contract work from being
done outside the US may violate the Constitution and federal trade laws.
“States' Efforts To Curb Outsourcing Stymied”
Michael Schroeder (staff writer), Wall Street Journal (April 16, 2004, Friday)
Coalition for Economic Growth and American Jobs has succeeded in killing or
weakening every effort at anti- outsourcing legislation in the 35 states that have
attempted to pass such laws.
“Another Lure Of Outsourcing: Job Expertise”
Don Clark (staff writer), Wall Street Journal (April 12, 2004, Monday)
While companies often outsource jobs for lower wages, many are also going to China,
India and other emerging economies for brain power and product ideas; the trend raises
the specter of stiffening global competition involving innovation as well as cost; the shift
is particularly striking in the chip industry, where many companies are nurturing a
growing pool of designers in Asia and Eastern Europe.
“Behind Outsourcing Debate: Surprisingly Few Hard Numbers”
Jon E Hilsenrath (staff writer), Wall Street Journal (April 12, 2004, Monday)
Debate over outsourcing of jobs is complicated by lack of solid data and by fact that
companies may be hiring at same time they are outsourcing; Infineon Technologies AG
(Germany), for example, eliminated 40 jobs in San Jose (Calif) and shipped work to India
at around same time its added about 150 jobs in Cary (NC) and Burlington (Vt).
“Manufacturers Cite Productivity For Lack Of Hiring”
Wall Street Journal (April 9, 2004, Friday)
Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI survey of 37 executives at companies that are not hiring
workers finds 84% cited productivity gains as factor, 37% cited offshore outsourcing and
8% cited need to contain costs, pressure from customers for lower prices and
consolidation of facilities.
“The Future Of Jobs: New Ones Arise, Wage Gap Widens”
David Wessel (staff writer), Wall Street Journal (April 2, 2004, Friday)
History suggests US will not run out of jobs, despite outsourcing of jobs overseas and
improvements in technology, though it is impossible to predict what new jobs will
replace jobs that have been lost, and trend could widen gap between wages of wellpaying brainpower jobs and poorly paid hands on jobs; current situation is reminiscent of
that 40 years ago, when it was feared that automation would cause mass joblessness and
poverty; instead, US economy has since added 72 million jobs, increase of 125%, and
wages have risen inflation-adjusted 18%.
“Outsourcing May Create U.S. Jobs”
Michael Schroeder (staff writer), Wall Street Journal (March 30, 2004, Tuesday)
Study by Information Technology Association of America and Global Insight Inc finds
US companies outsourcing computer jobs abroad yield higher productivity that leads to
boost in domestic hiring.
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“Finding Lessons Of Outsourcing In 4 Historical Tales”
Bob Davis (staff writer), Wall Street Journal (March 29, 2004, Monday)
Four historical case studies offer lessons that help illuminate current debate in US over
outsourcing of jobs overseas; history suggests even high-skilled, good-paying jobs are
vulnerable; trade liberalization often works with technology to undermine powerful
interests; domestic workers are always vulnerable to competition from foreigners willing
to work for less; politics can slow down transforming effects of new technology.
“Offshore Outsourcing Will Increase, Poll Finds”
Ken Brown (staff writer), Wall Street Journal (March 26, 2004, Friday)
In a survey of over 180 companies by DiamondCluster International Inc, 86% of the
companies polled expect to send more technology jobs overseas in the next 12 months,
compared with 32% two years ago; 63% of executives say they are moving incrementally
instead of rapidly, compared with 30% who were taking a cautious approach two years
ago.
“Kerry Targets Job Outsourcing With Corporate-Tax Overhaul”
Bob Davis (staff writer), Wall Street Journal (March 26, 2004, Friday)
Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry proposes move intended to
discourage outsourcing of US jobs overseas and to encourage companies to shift their
investments to US.
“Slow Job Growth Puzzles Economists”
James R Hagerty (staff writer), Wall Street Journal (March 12, 2004, Friday)
Latest monthly Wall Street Journal survey of 55 economists finds only 16% believe
outsourcing of US jobs overseas has had significant effect on job growth, while 39%
believe it has had 'meaningful but not significant impact,' and 43% say it has had little or
no impact.
“Greenspan Warns Trade Standards Will Hurt Us”
Greg Ip (staff writer), Wall Street Journal (March 12, 2004, Friday)
Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan tells House Committee on Education and the
Work Force that tying trade agreements to labor and human rights standards will
ultimately hurt US; opposes protectionist measures being proposed to curb outsourcing of
US jobs overseas.
“Small Talk”
Richard Breeden (staff writer), Wall Street Journal (March 9, 2004, Tuesday)
According to a first-quarter survey by TEC International, about 27% of CEOs of small
and midsize businesses will be outsourcing part of their companies' operations overseas
this year, or within the next three years.
“Outsourcing Splits Nam Members”
Timothy Aeppel (staff writer), Wall Street Journal (March 9, 2004, Tuesday)
National Assn of Manufacturers is split over issue of outsourcing work to China and
other low-cost nations, along size lines: Smaller firms are fighting migration of jobs,
while larger companies continue to join trend.
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“Senate Passes Contractor Restrictions”
David Rogers (staff writer), Wall Street Journal (March 5, 2004, Friday)
Senate votes 70-26 to impose new restrictions on government contractors to discourage
companies from outsourcing jobs overseas; measure grant exemptions for security-related
contracts and allows Commerce Dept to determine whether proposed rules will hurt US
economy.
“Outsourcing Fears Land In Congress's Lap”
Michael M Phillips (staff writer), Wall Street Journal (March 5, 2004, Friday)
Congressional lawmakers are climbing over each other in scramble to publicize their
legislative answers to outsourcing of US white-collar jobs overseas.
“Business Coalition Battles Outsourcing Backlash”
Michael Schroeder (staff writer), Wall Street Journal (March 1, 2004, Monday)
About 200 trade groups, plus individuals companies, have formed Coalition for
Economic Growth and American Jobs to lobby against federal and state legislation that
would restrict foreign outsourcing, limit H1-B visas that admit skilled workers and
otherwise seek to restrain globalization.
“Bush Aide Edifies Jobs Remarks”
Wall Street Journal (February 18, 2004, Wednesday)
President Bush's chief economic advisor Gregory Mankiw says he learned 'important
lessons' from recent remarks on benefits of outsourcing jobs to US economy: that
economists and non-economists 'speak two different languages'.
“Washington Wire”
Wall Street Journal (February 13, 2004, Friday)
President Bush seeks to distance himself from his economists' defense of outsourcing
jobs overseas, at economic forum in Harrisburg (Pa).
“Some Democratic Economists Echo Mankiw On Outsourcing”
Bob Davis (staff writer), Wall Street Journal (February 12, 2004, Thursday)
Some Democratic economists concur with Council of Economic Advisers chairman
Gregory Mankiw's view that outsourcing of US jobs abroad is 'just a new way of doing
international trade' and 'is probably a plus for the economy in the long run,' remarks that
provoked howls of criticism from Democratic presidential aspirants.
“Exporting Jobs Has Disadvantages”
Sarah Spikes (staff writer), Wall Street Journal (January 28, 2004, Wednesday)
Experts say the benefits of outsourcing for some sectors, such as telecom, often do not
hold for financial services, where products tend to be more complex and foreign
employees often have had limited firsthand experience with the accounts and policies
they are discussing with customers.
“Migration Of Skilled Jobs Abroad Unsettles Global-Economy Fans”
Bob Davis (staff writer), Wall Street Journal (January 26, 2004, Monday)
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Many of attendees at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos (Switzerland) have
voiced doubts about whether increasingly globalized economy will produce as many
high-wage jobs in rich countries as once was expected; traditionally, export of low-skill
jobs from rich countries creates opportunities for workers at home to move up; true
believers in globalization worry recent outsourcing of skilled jobs could hurt
employment in rich country and erode political support for free trade internationally.
“Small Firms Outsource Abroad By Tapping Offshore Producers”
Timothy Aeppel (staff writer), Wall Street Journal (January 7, 2004, Wednesday)
Small US firms are increasingly outsourcing manufacturing abroad, as large companies
have been doing for years, in effort to cut costs.
COMMENTARY
BOB DAVIS
“As Jobs Move Overseas, So Does Privacy”
Bob Davis (columnist), Wall Street Journal, The Outlook column, (May 10, 2004,
Monday)
Column suggests privacy concerns could inspire opposition to job outsourcing among
broad range of US citizens, not just those whose jobs are threatened; notes outsourcing
companies in India and elsewhere routinely handled confidential medical and financial
records, though US consumers are rarely made aware that work is being done overseas.
KRIS MAHER
“Next On The Outsourcing List”
Kris Maher (columnist), Wall Street Journal, Career Journal column (March 23, 2004,
Tuesday)
Column reports that the shift of jobs to cheaper countries could threaten a wider array of
careers, from architects to attorneys; one analyst estimates that up to 588,000 US whitecollar jobs will be 'offshored' by 2005, and a total of 1.6 million by 2010.
ALAN MURRAY
“Bush Needs To Show Clear, Firm Support For Outsourcing”
Alan Murray (columnist), Wall Street Journal, Political Capital column (March 9, 2004,
Tuesday)
Alan Murray notes President Bush needs to show firmer support for corporate
outsourcing and address issue 'head-on'.
“Bush Economist Performs Bellyflop Into Outsourcing”
Alan Murray (columnist), Wall Street Journal, Political Capital column (February 17,
2004, Tuesday)
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Alan Murray notes White House economist Gregory Mankiw 'misstep' in calling
outsourcing of US jobs to foreign countries good for US economy.
GUEST EDITORIALS
“Who's The Benedict Arnold?”
David Sikora (CEO of Pervasive Software), Wall Street Journal, Manager's Journal (May
11, 2004, Tuesday)
Column challenges presidential candidate John Kerry's use of the phrase 'Benedict
Arnold CEOs' to describe executives of companies that outsource; argues that trade
protectionism is short-sighted.
“John Kerry's Acorn”
Stephen Moore (Club for Growth president), Wall Street Journal, Commentary (April 8,
2004, Thursday)
Moore finds grain of sense of presumptive Democratic presidential candidate John
Kerry's otherwise 'economically schizophrenic' jobs proposal in his proposal for changes
in corporate tax code that encourages outsourcing of jobs overseas.
“Ever Heard Of Insourcing?”
Walter B Wriston (Former Citicorp chairman), Wall Street Journal (March 24, 2004,
Wednesday)
Article notes controversy over US corporate 'outsourcing' of jobs overseas, and asserts
US imports many more jobs than it exports.
“Outsourcing Is Not The Enemy”
Adam Kolawa, Wall Street Journal, Manager's Journal (February 24, 2004, Tuesday)
Column argues that the US software industry is at the beginning of a transition from
'price reduction' outsourcing to 'subcontracting' outsourcing; contends that this transition
holds many benefits for the industry.
“Huddled Geniuses”
Todd G Buchholz (Former presidential economic adviser), Wall Street Journal (February
4, 2004, Wednesday)
Article suggests US, instead of trying to attract unskilled laborers into US from Mexico
and other countries, should try to attract more educated and highly skilled workers, in
part to stem tide of overseas outsourcing by big US companies.
“Outsourcing Is Good For America”
Douglas A Irwin (Dartmouth economics professor), Wall Street Journal (January 28,
2004, Wednesday)
Article asserts that despite complaints by pro-labor politicians in US, outsourcing of
service sector jobs by US companies to countries such as India not only benefits US
consumers, but will help US exporters of goods and services generate more income.
“CEOs As Job Killers?”
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William J Holstein, Wall Street Journal, Manager's Journal (January 13, 2004, Tuesday)
Column offers advice to chief executives on countering the perception that CEOs kill
jobs through overseas outsourcing; advises CEOs to stress such issues as the true value of
globalization and the economic consequences of over-regulation.
EDITORIALS
“Review & Outlook: Outsourcing 101”
Editorial (unsigned), Wall Street Journal (May 27, 2004)
Critics of outsourcing miss that the world economy is a dynamic enterprise. Jobs created
overseas generate jobs at home. Not just more jobs for Americans, but higher-skilled and
better paying ones. At the same time, trade offers consumers a greater quantity and
variety of goods and services for lower prices. David Ricardo lives.
“Review & Outlook: The Law Of Outsourcing”
Editorial (unsigned), Wall Street Journal (April 19, 2004, Monday)
Editorial contends efforts in 33 states and Congress to pass 'Buy American' laws in
response to outsourcing not only force taxpayers to pay more to services, but also violate
US Constitution and international trade agreements.
“Creative Job Destruction”
Editorial (unsigned), Wall Street Journal (January 6, 2004, Tuesday)
Editorial notes growth among US companies in 'outsourcing' jobs in computer
programming and company service to India; argues companies are not losing jobs to
India, but keeping 'most crucial work close to home'.
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Washington Post citations (35)
News stories (15)
Commentary (19)
NEWS STORIES
“Kerry to Offer Cut in Corporate Taxes”
Jim VandeHei (staff writer), Washington Post (March 26, 2004 Friday)
“John F. Kerry today will propose cutting the corporate tax rate as part of an economic
plan designed to create 10 million jobs by 2009 and discourage companies from
sheltering taxable income overseas, his economic advisers said yesterday.”
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er+Cut+in+Corporate+Taxes%3B+TradeOff+Aims+to+Create+U.S.+Jobs+by+Raising+Cost+of+Doing+Business+Abro
“White House Warms Up to Worker Aid”
Paul Blustein (staff writer), Washington Post (March 13, 2004 Saturday)
“But now, in the furor over outsourcing, the administration is showing support for the
program, called Trade Adjustment Assistance, that aids workers laid off from companies
battered by foreign competition.”
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BS&FMTS=FT&date=Mar+13%2C+2004&author=Paul+Blustein&desc=White+House+
Warms+Up+to+Worker+Aid%3B+Outsourcing+Controversy+Prompts+a+Policy+Shift
“Missteps on Economy Worry Bush Supporters”
Jonathan Weisman and Mike Allen (staff writers), Washington Post (March 13, 2004
Saturday)
“A string of glaring missteps by President Bush's economic team has raised
alarm among the president's supporters that his economic policymakers may have
lost the most basic ability to formulate a persuasive message or anticipate the
political consequences of their actions.”
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BS&FMTS=FT&date=Mar+13%2C+2004&author=Jonathan+Weisman+and+Mike+Alle
n&desc=Missteps+on+Economy+Worry+Bush+Supporters
“Greenspan Backs An Extension of Jobless Benefits”
Nell Henderson (staff writer), Washington Post (March 12, 2004 Friday)
“Greenspan noted that many Americans worry about the long-term loss of manufacturing
jobs to low-wage economies in Asia and Latin America, and the more recent outsourcing
of better-paying white-collar jobs to countries such as India. … But he urged lawmakers
not to respond by restraining trade, as many industries, unions and candidates have
proposed.”
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Backs+An+Extension+of+Jobless+Benefits
“U.S. Plans Steps To Open Markets In China, India”
Paul Blustein (staff writer), Washington Post (March 10, 2004 Wednesday)
“But although outsourcing was raised by senators from both parties at the outset of the
hearing, the panel's Democrats took a cordial stance toward Zoellick, repeatedly praising
him for his efforts to open markets overseas.”
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eps+To+Open+Markets+In+China%2C+India%3B+WTO+Case+Considered+To+Lower
+Trade+Barriers
“Senate Moves to Keep Contractors' Jobs in U.S.”
Mary Dalrymple (Associated Press), Washington Post (March 5, 2004 Friday)
“The Senate voted yesterday to prevent federal contractors from using taxpayer dollars to
move American jobs offshore.”
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es+to+Keep+Contractors%27+Jobs+in+U.S.
“Economist's Challenge Puzzles Free-Trade Believers”
Paul Blustein (staff writer), Washington Post (February 26, 2004 Thursday)
“If economists could condemn members of their profession for heresy, Paul Craig
Roberts would probably be a candidate for excommunication. Few tenets, after all, are so
widely shared among economics PhDs as the belief in the positive impact of free trade.
Yet Roberts is publicly challenging that precept, and making waves doing so at a time
when trade has leapt to the forefront of the nation's political debate.”
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s+Challenge+Puzzles+Free-Trade+Believers
“Democrats Can't Get Firm Grip on Jobs Issue”
Jonathan Weisman (staff writer),Washington Post (February 19, 2004 Thursday)
“Democratic presidential candidates have made the loss of U.S. jobs to international
competition the centerpiece of their campaigns, but even some of the candidates'
economic advisers acknowledge that remedies offered -- such as closing tax loopholes on
overseas income and offering tax breaks for domestic hiring -- would probably do little to
stop the bleeding. “
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s+Can%27t+Get+Firm+Grip+on+Jobs+Issue
“Trade Deficit Hits $489 Billion; Widening Gap Triggers Further Debate on Job Losses
Overseas”
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Jonathan Weisman and Paul Blustein (staff writer), The Washington Post (February 14,
2004 Saturday)
“The U.S. trade deficit reached a record $489 billion in 2003, the Commerce Department
announced yesterday, adding fresh fuel to a political fight that has flared all week over
the loss of jobs to international competition.”
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ein&desc=Trade+Deficit+Hits+%24489+Billion%3B+Widening+Gap+Triggers+Further
+Debate+on+Job+Losses+Over
“Hastert Rebukes Bush Adviser”
Mike Allen (staff writer), Washington Post (February 12, 2004 Thursday)
“House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (Ill.), one of the nation's highest-ranking Republicans,
rebuked the chairman of President Bush's Council of Economic Advisers yesterday for
calling the transfer of U.S. service jobs overseas ‘just a new way to do international
trade.’”
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+Bush+Adviser%3B+Speaker+Challenges+Mankiw%27s+Statements+on+U.S.+Job+Lo
ss
“Bush, Adviser Assailed for Stance on 'Offshoring' Jobs”
Jonathan Weisman (staff writer), Washington Post (February 11, 2004 Wednesday)
“Democrats from Capitol Hill to the presidential campaign trail lit into President Bush's
chief economist yesterday for his laudatory statements on the movement of U.S. jobs
abroad, seizing on the comments to paint Bush as out of touch with struggling workers.”
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+Adviser+Assailed+for+Stance+on+%27Offshoring%27+Jobs
“Bush Report Offers Positive Outlook on Jobs”
Jonathan Weisman (staff writer), Washington Post (February 10, 2004 Tuesday)
“Wading into an election-year debate, President Bush's top economist yesterday
said the outsourcing of U.S. service jobs to workers overseas is good for the
nation's economy.”
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port+Offers+Positive+Outlook+on+Jobs
“Anxious About Outsourcing; States Try to Stop U.S. Firms From Sending High-Tech
Work Overseas”
Greg Schneider (staff writer), Washington Post (January 31, 2004 Saturday)
“State and federal lawmakers are finding little success in efforts to stop technology
companies from sending jobs overseas. But a paragraph buried in the giant federal
spending bill the president signed Jan. 23 could pave the way for state laws around the
country aimed at preventing the export of white-collar jobs to cheaper foreign markets.”
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BS&FMTS=FT&date=Jan+31%2C+2004&author=Greg+Schneider&desc=Anxious+Ab
out+Outsourcing%3B+States+Try+to+Stop+U.S.+Firms+From+Sending+HighTech+Work+Overseas
“U.S. Could Lose Technology Dominance, Executives Say”
Jonathan Krim (staff writer), Washington Post (January 8, 2004 Thursday)
“An organization of high-technology executives yesterday renewed industry calls for
government spending and tax cuts to spur research, improved mathematics and science
education and policies that make building technology infrastructure a national priority.
With India, China, Russia and other countries rapidly becoming technology centers, the
executives warned that without such measures the United States could lose its dominance
in the knowledge economy.”
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BS&FMTS=FT&date=Jan+8%2C+2004&author=Jonathan+Krim&desc=U.S.+Could+L
ose+Technology+Dominance%2C+Executives+Say%3B+Group+Sees+Need+for+New+
Government+Incentives
COMMENTARY
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER
“An Ideal Goes Starving”
Charles Krauthammer (columnist), Washington Post (April 11, 2004 Sunday)
“The anti- outsourcing vogue is part of a larger assault on free trade, which until recently
-- meaning the Clinton administration -- Democrats had supported.”
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BS&FMTS=FT&date=Apr+11%2C+2004&author=Charles+Krauthammer&desc=An+Id
eal+Goes+Starving
ELLEN MCCARTHY
“Offshoring Is for Small Businesses, Too”
Ellen McCarthy (columnist), The Washington Post, Digital Capital (April 29, 2004
Thursday)
“In the past few years, a group of entrepreneurs has emerged to try to capitalize on
offshoring. Most of their companies have a few employees here and either own
operations overseas or act as brokers, matching U.S. companies with development centers
abroad. So far the industry is relatively small, but those in the business say demand -- and
competition -- is growing.”
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Is+for+Small+Businesses%2C+Too
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HAROLD MEYERSON
“Plutocrats And Populists”
Harold Meyerson (columnist), Washington Post (February 5, 2004 Thursday)
“If Bush tax policies are not class warfare, then the term has no meaning at all. Moreover,
in the age of globalization, the interests of many U.S.-based corporations grow
increasingly divergent from those of the American people.”
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And+Populists
“Good for Investors, Bad for the Rest”
Harold Meyerson (columnist), Washington Post (January 14, 2004 Wednesday)
“Outsourcing has turned the phrase ‘investment-led growth’ into the grimmest of
oxymorons. It means that Bush's tax policy subsidizes job growth in India and China
rather than the United States.”
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Investors%2C+Bad+for+the+Rest
“Un-American Recovery”
Harold Meyerson (columnist), Washington Post (December 24, 2003 Wednesday)
“There are only a couple of ways to explain how the capacity of U.S. workers to claim
their accustomed share of the nation's income has so stunningly collapsed. Outsourcing is
certainly a big part of the picture.”
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DANA MILBANK
“Gotcha Games Focusing on Donors”
Dana Milbank (columnist), Washington Post, Sunday Politics (February 29, 2004
Sunday)
“The gotcha games continue over donations to presidential candidates. … Now it's time
for some fun with companies that have ‘outsourced’ jobs overseas. … Checking that list
against the Center for Responsive Politics database of federal election records, it turns out
that such outsourcers -- Fidelity, Ford and General Electric, among them -- have given
Bush $429,233 back to 1999. Kerry has received $51,400 from the outsourcers.”
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s+Focusing+on+Donors
STEVEN PEARLSTEIN
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“Still Short Of the Offshoring Ideal”
Steven Pearlstein (columnist), Washington Post (March 12, 2004 Friday)
“[F]or every company like IMC that is using offshoring as part of a corporate strategy of
growth and investment, there is another that is merely jumping on the offshoring
bandwagon as part of cost-cutting strategy designed to win a contract or boost quarterly
earnings.”
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+Of+the+Offshoring+Ideal
“‘Offshoring’ Has Its Trade-Offs”
Steven Pearlstein (columnist), Washington Post (February 11, 2004 Wednesday)
“Greg Mankiw, the president's top economic adviser, has now weighed in on the hot
topic of ‘offshoring’ of service jobs, using the traditional economist's argument that trade
is good and more trade is even better. In the next couple of columns, I want to suggest
ways in which this might not always be true. That's not to say that there aren't real gains
to be had from the specialization, scale economies and access to cheap labor that
offshoring provides. But what most of these rosy analyses routinely neglect are
the business and economic downsides from trade, either because they are not
measurable or because they lie outside the economist's frame of reference.”
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ring%27+Has+Its+Trade-Offs
ROBERT J. SAMUELSON
“Keeping U.S. Jobs at Home”
Robert J. Samuelson (columnist), Washington Post (April 28, 2004 Wednesday)
“Given the obsession with jobs and overseas ‘outsourcing,’ Kerry suggests that
government policy should encourage U.S. companies to invest here, not abroad. His idea
is to lower corporate taxes earned in the United States and raise them on profits earned
abroad -- so companies will stay home. This sounds doable, and that's why it's a good
campaign pitch. But it probably wouldn't work as Kerry intends, and that's where
economic reality intrudes.”
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g+U.S.+Jobs+at+Home
“The China Riddle”
Robert J. Samuelson (columnist), Washington Post (January 30, 2004 Friday)
“Since World War II, the United States' biggest economic and trading partners have also
been our closest political and military allies. China breaks the pattern. … Is China a
‘threat’ or an ‘opportunity’? Is it a ‘partner’ or a ‘rival’? “
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“The Specter of Outsourcing”
Robert J. Samuelson (columnist), Washington Post (January 14, 2004 Wednesday)
“We Americans are drifting into a global labor market -- and don't like it. Although we
knew that manufacturing jobs could be lost abroad, we imagined that service jobs -- most
U.S. jobs -- were safe from international competition. The fact that they aren't could
profoundly alter U.S. attitudes toward globalization, even though the danger is
exaggerated and misunderstood.”
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ecter+of+Outsourcing
GUEST EDITORIALS
“It's a Tough Job to Create Jobs”
Jeffrey Frankel, Washington Post (April 11, 2004 Sunday)
“How much is Bush to blame for this record, and how much blame should go to the
villains of this political season -- the corporations that outsource jobs to foreign
countries? And can Democratic presidential hopeful John F. Kerry, if elected, deliver on
his vow to create 10 million new jobs over four years? The answers don't fit into a stump
speech.”
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BS&FMTS=FT&date=Apr+11%2C+2004&author=Jeffrey+Frankel&desc=It%27s+a+To
ugh+Job+to+Create+Jobs%3B+But+That+Doesn%27t+Stop+Bush+and+Kerry+From+S
aying+They+Can
“High Tech, Strangled By the Beltway”
Ken Kay, Washington Post (March 13, 2004 Saturday)
“But the fact is that some trends these days are global and simply beyond our control.
The strident remarks coming from policymakers are likely to lead to little improvement
in our overall economic situation. In the same way that the Soviets' Sputnik satellite woke
up the country to the need for math and science education, the outsourcing conversation
cries out for a constructive, long-term solution that ensures Americans have world-class
education, a world-class workforce and the ability to remain a competitive global leader.”
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trangled+the+Beltway
“How China Gets Our Business”
George Stalk and Dave Young, Washington Post (March 7, 2004 Sunday)
“China's emergence as one of the world's leading export nations is driven by a huge
disparity in the cost of producing goods, caused primarily by hourly wages that are a
fraction of those in the United States and Western Europe. This is not news. What is news
is that the cost disparities are likely to expand rather than to shrink.”
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sc=How+China+Gets+Our+Business
“Maybe We Could All Deliver Pizza . . .”
Jodie T. Allen, Washington Post (March 7, 2004 Sunday)
“In the long run, though, the thing even execs should fear is this: What would happen if
America's once-prosperous middle class, the sine qua non of a vibrant democracy, grew
too strapped to purchase the goods and services that businesses produce?”
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ould+All+Deliver+Pizza+.+.+.
“A New Consensus on Free Trade”
Gene Sperling (economic advisor to the Clinton administration and the Kerry campaign),
Washington Post (March 1, 2004 Monday)
“Yet rather than long for the past, those of us who want to continue open-market policies
that reduce global poverty, spark innovation, generate higher-paying jobs and keep prices
low for our most hard-pressed working families need to recognize that the road forward
lies in finding what Clinton called globalization with a human face. In short, we need a
new progressive consensus that both embraces the power of open markets and addresses
the legitimate anxiety of our workers and communities.”
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Alan Greenspan
“Education”
Alan Greenspan (Chairman, Federal Reserve), Testimony before the Committee on
Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives (March 11, 2004)
“As history clearly shows, our economy is best served by full and vigorous engagement
in the global economy. Consequently, we need to increase our efforts to ensure that as
many of our citizens as possible have the opportunity to capture the benefits that flow
from that engagement. For reasons that I shall elucidate shortly, one critical element in
creating that opportunity is the provision of rigorous education and ongoing training to all
members of our society.”
http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/testimony/2004/20040311/default.htm
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Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
“Macroeconomic Outlook and Uncertainties”
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. (Vice Chairman, Federal Reserve), Remarks at the Twelfth
District Community Leaders Luncheon, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San
Francisco, California (April 8, 2004)
“Other observers have pointed to the outsourcing of production abroad as a reason for the
weakness in the labor market. Again, however, the magnitude of this phenomenon seems
too small to explain more than a small part of the decline in employment over the past
two years.”
http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/speeches/2004/20040408/default.htm
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Ben S. Bernanke
“Trade and Jobs”
Ben S. Bernanke (Governor, Federal Reserve), Remarks at the Distinguished Speaker
Series, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (March 30,
2004)
“[A]lthough trade in general, and outsourcing abroad in particular, may bring with them
structural change in the economy, they are not the principal reason for the current
underperformance of the labor market. Rather, the sources of slow job creation are
primarily domestic.”
http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/speeches/2004/20040330/default.htm
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Donald L. Kohn
“The United States in the World Economy”
Donald L. Kohn (Governor, Federal Reserve), Remarks at the Federal Reserve Bank of
Atlanta's Public Policy Dinner, Atlanta, Georgia (January 7, 2004)
“The key to easing adjustment for the individuals affected is training and education. We
must do a better job of giving our current workers and the next generations the skills
needed to grab the highly productive, knowledge-based jobs to which demand will
continue to shift. I cannot tell you exactly in what sectors or industries these jobs will be;
government is not good at picking winners and losers. The market system will sort that
out and, in the process, will signal our workers as to which skills are becoming more
highly valued. Government needs to make sure that the opportunities and resources are
available for obtaining those skills.”
http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/speeches/2004/20040107/default.htm - pagetop
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Robert Parry
“Globalization: Threat or Opportunity for the U.S. Economy?
Robert Parry (Governor, Federal Reserve; President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal
Reserve Bank of San Francisco) FRBSF Economic Letter (May 21, 2004)
“Why are most economists in favor of free trade? What are ‘outsourcing’ and
‘offshoring’? Is globalization a threat or an opportunity for the U.S. economy? What can
policies do to help U.S. workers?”
http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/letter/2004/el2004-12.html
“On the record: Robert Parry”
The San Francisco Chronicle (April 11, 2004).
“In fact, I'd make a general statement that in years evenly divisible by four, economic and
financial discourse is not objective. If you looked at things like outsourcing on a net
basis, you might come to very different conclusions. It may be negative. But it's not
nearly as negative as has been indicated. Some people have decided that they are going to
focus on just one part of this whole issue, and I think it's appalling.”
http://sfgate.com/cgibin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/04/11/BUGOI62O671.DTL
“Fed's Parry Says U.S. Benefits From Movement of Jobs Overseas”
Bloomberg News (April 30, 2004)
“The U.S. economy benefits from companies' decisions to move jobs overseas because it
creates new employment opportunities and boosts productivity, said Robert Parry,
president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.”
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N. Gregory Mankiw
"The Economic Report of the President"
N. Gregory Mankiw (Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers),
Testimony before the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress (February 10, 2004)
“The gains from trade that take place over the Internet or telephone lines are no different
than the gains from trade in physical goods transported by ship or plane. When a good or
service is produced at lower cost in another country, it makes sense to import it rather
than to produce it domestically. This allows the United States to devote its resources to
more productive purposes.”
http://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/economic_report_20040210.html
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