Outsourcing American Jobs

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The paper argues that despite claims made by many American manufacturers today, the outsourcing of American jobs does not create higher paying positions in the American labor market, nor does it serve to stimulate the economy. The paper refutes the claim that outsourcing is making it possible for third world workers to finally see relief from their impoverished lives. The paper contends that, in fact, outsourcing allows the wealthy of the nation to increase their profit margins and further separates the social classes from realizing an existence of equality in the United States. The paper discusses Karl Marx's beliefs about capitalism creating an immense gap between the social classes and relates this to the problem of outsourcing.

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"Free trade in the modern globalized society was believed to be the answer for declining businesses in the United States. Opening markets for imports and exports that had previously been unavailable to manufacturers supposedly meant that industries could continue to grow, jobs would be more plentiful to Americans and the national economy would increase. Yet, not long after the barriers to trade had been lifted between the United States and other nations, American businesses began to rethink their expenditures. American workers belonged to unions that demanded specific salaries, working conditions that had to meet certain specifications and benefits for employees. American taxes for industrial land were high and the costs of supplies for manufacturing were continuously increasing in the American market. Therefore, companies in the United States began to consider the increased profits that they would be capable of obtaining if they relocated to other nations, or outsourced their work to foreign employees altogether."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Anderson, S., and Canvanagh, J. (2004). Outsourcing: A policy agenda. Foreign Policy in Focus. Retrieved September 10, 2006, from http://www.fpif.org/briefs/vol9/v9n02outsource.html
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