Out-Sourcing, In-Sourcing, and Globalization

Politicians and managers often discuss outsourcing of American jobs by American firms, but seldom discuss the in-sourcing of jobs by foreign enterprises.    What are the implications of outsourcing and insourcing?  How are they likely to evolve?  And how should we think about this debate.  We’ll show you.

The Trends editors have long been fans of economic globalization and free trade.  But, we’ve also been vocal opponents of globalism.  Is that inconsistent?  We don’t thin.....