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Outsourcing America : what's behind our national crisis and how we can reclaim American jobs / Ron Hira and Anil Hira.

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New York : AMACOM, c2008.

Manpower policy -- United States.

Offshore outsourcing -- United States.

Labor market -- United States.

United States -- Commercial policy.

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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0804/2007045864.html

9780814409893 (pbk.) :

081440989X (pbk.) :

xvii, 270 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Foreword by Lou Dobbs -- Preface -- What outsourcing means for America -- Outsourcing in a larger context -- The public debate on outsourcing is misleading -- Outsourcing of high-wage jobs -- Why companies are moving jobs overseas -- The far-reaching effects of outsourcing on the U.S. economy -- The human face of outsourcing: the impact on individual workers and communities -- How our dysfunctional immigration policy fuels outsourcing -- How developing countries attract American jobs -- Outsourcing in Europe and Canada -- Ten policy recommendations -- Appendix A: Defining outsourcing -- Appendix B: Analysis of key outsourcing studies -- Appendix C: Legislation introduced related to outsourcing.

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