Outsourcing America: what's behind our national crisis and how we can reclaim American jobs

Globalization and what it means for American workers

Why the debate on outsourcing is miscast & misleading

Defining outsourcing, why the Debate is Miscast and Misleading

What experts are saying about offshore outsourcing

Conclusions on outsourcing by current studies

ITAA Study, Mann Report, McKinsey Report

Open proponents of outsourcing US corporations

Mainstream economists

Politicians media voices in the Wilderness: Critics of Offshoring Proponents' Reaction to Critics ConclusionChapter 3: Outsourcing of high wage jobs

How much is happening?

Difficulties in estimating the numbers of job losses

Current estimates

Government procurement and offshoring

Lack of monitoring

Upward trends in offshoring

Not just low wage jobs

The US is not the only developed country to outsource

Where the jobs are

Why companies are moving overseas

Cost and salary differences

Outsourcing as a strategy

Better or unique talent overseas

No penalty for destroying US jobs

Perverse US tax incentives that encourage overseas job creation

Technological costs and change access to emerging markets and their governments' pro-active policies

Current Overseas operations attract more U.S. immigration

Policies accelerate & encourage offshore outsourcing

Upper level management strategy no longer includes their own workers

How outsourcing is affecting individuals and communities

Personal impacts

Impacts on the Indian-American community

Community Impacts

How will offshore outsourcing impact the U.S. Economy?

Long-run impacts on economic efficiency

Some companies benefit while others lose impacts on US labor demand

Will outsourcing lead to expansion in overseas markets?

Immediate impacts on American workers

Long-run impacts on American workers: what labor market data tell us

Impacts by type of occupation and on the US educational system

Threats to US technological capacity

Threats to our national security

How developing countries attract American jobs: The case of the Indian software industry 0

Why software companies move overseas

Which US companies operate in India

The rise of Indian software

The Indian diaspora brought high tech home

Why Bangalore?

The development of the Indian software cluster

The Indian government's high tech policies explain outsourcing

An overview of China's proactive IT policy

Implications for Other developing countries and the US

Policy recommendations Acknowledge That a Problem Exists 2. Study The Problem 3. Reform U.S. Visa Policies that accelerate & encourage Offshore outsourcing

Adopt more Pragmatic approaches towards government procurement

Revamp labor markets to better handle outsourcing

Revamping employment Information and training systems

Training The next generation Of workers so they have lifelong marketable skills

New institutions are needed to represent interests of workers

Maintain our technological leadership

The Holy Grail solution

Increase software productivity

The Techno-Optimist solution

Be patient for the next big thing

Trade policies for the US national interest that help American workers

Conclusion: We need a national strategy on offshoring and trade that considers quality employment

Index.