Outsourcing; What Do We Really Know?

Like a well-stocked buffet line, the menu of reports and studies on the question of job and technology exportation has something to satisfy virtually every taste -- other than for those who have a craving for conclusiveness.

The studies each purport to explain why offshore outsourcing is or isn't occurring, and is or isn't a problem; a subset of the "it is a problem" genre includes reports that attempt to estimate exactly how many jobs are being lost.

Each report sheds some light, but each taken by itself has problems in illuminating the phenomenon.

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