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Offshoring of American jobs : what response from U.S. economic policy? / Jagdish Bhagwati and Alan S. Blinder ; the Alvin Hansen Symposium on Public Policy, Harvard University ; edited and with an introduction by Benjamin M. Friedman.

Title
Offshoring of American jobs : what response from U.S. economic policy? / Jagdish Bhagwati and Alan S. Blinder ; the Alvin Hansen Symposium on Public Policy, Harvard University ; edited and with an introduction by Benjamin M. Friedman.
Author
Alvin Hansen Symposium on Public Policy (4th : 2007 : Harvard University)
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2009.

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors
  • Bhagwati, Jagdish N., 1934-
  • Blinder, Alan S.
  • Friedman, Benjamin M.
Description
xiv, 141 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
Summary
Offers perspectives on how the outsourcing of labor and the shifting of jobs to lower-wage countries affect the U.S. economy.
Subject
  • Free trade > United States
  • Labor market > United States
  • Manpower policy > United States
  • Offshore outsourcing > United States
Genre/Form
Conference papers and proceedings.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Don't cry for free trade / Jagdish Bhagwati -- Offshoring : big deal, or business as usual? / Alan S. Blinder -- Comments / Richard B. Freeman, Douglas A. Irwin, Lori G. Kletzer, Robert Z. Lawrence -- Responses / Jagdish Bhagwati, Alan S. Blinder.
ISBN
  • 9780262013321 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0262013320 (hbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2009005943