On AlterNet: offshoring

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Capitalism's Dirty Secret: Corporations Don't Create Jobs, They Destroy Them

Lynn Parramore, AlterNet. April 3, 2012.

If we want good jobs and long-term career opportunities, we have to tame the wild horses of big business.

Obama Promises to Bring Back Manufacturing Jobs, But His Plan Gives More Tax Breaks to Corporations

Roger Bybee, In These Times. February 21, 2012.

If Obama does win a second term, it will be fascinating to see how working-class Americans respond when his soaring rhetoric collides with the reality of his timid program.

The Global Tax Dodgers: How Big Business Keeps Money Overseas Instead of Creating Jobs at Home

William Lazonick, New Deal 2.0. August 31, 2011.

Economist William Lazonick explores why American business leaders have taken a hike on the nation.

Reverse Offshoring? Or Yet More Evidence of Corporate America's Squeeze on Workers?

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. May 24, 2011.

The global economy is shifting and developing countries are catching up.

Candidates Across U.S. Attack Jobs and Tax Dollars Going Overseas but Ignore the Real Heart of the Problem

Lori Wallach, Todd Tucker, AlterNet. October 29, 2010.

We're facing an unprecedented jobs crisis fueled by offshoring, but the politicians’ 30-second television ads do not explain why this is happening.

Despite Fresh Rhetoric About Saving U.S. Manufacturing, Obama Is Quietly Pushing Failed Bush Trade Policies

Mike Elk, AlterNet. August 26, 2010.

Obama is talking up a plan to boost U.S. manufacturing. Too bad he's also pushing Bush's offshoring agenda behind the scenes.

Best U.S. Manufacturing Jobs in Rising Jeopardy

Mark Trumbull, Christian Science Monitor. February 17, 2008.

In an era of corporate-led "globalization," U.S. factories are competing by trimming workers and wages.