Rev. ed. of: Outsourcing America : what's behind our national crisis and how we can reclaim American jobs / Ron Hira and Anil Hira. 2005.

Foreword / Lou Dobbs -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. What outsourcing means for America -- Outsourcing can't be ignored -- What actually happens with outsourcing -- The outsourcing debate is misleading -- Is outsourcing inevitable? -- The potential impacts are far-reaching -- Why outsourcing is fool's gold for companies -- What the U.S. can do about outsourcing -- Conclusion -- 2. Outsourcing in a larger context -- Free trade is not really "free" -- The effects can vary greatly -- Understanding historical developments -- Trading jobs for competitive advantage -- How other nations handled trade competition -- Conclusion -- 3. The public debate on outsourcing is misleading -- What experts say about outsourcing -- Open proponents of outsourcing -- Critics of outsourcing -- Proponents' reaction to critics -- Conclusion -- 4. Outsourcing of high-wage jobs -- How much outsourcing is happening? -- How outsourcing snowballs -- A lack of government monitoring -- The upward trends in offshore outsourcing -- Offshore outsourcing in other developed countries -- Where the jobs are heading -- 5. Why companies are moving jobs overseas -- Reason #1 : cost and salary differences -- Reason #2 : domestic outsourcing as a strategy -- Reason #3 : better or unique talent overseas -- Reason #4 : no penalty for destroying U.S. jobs -- Reason #5 : U.S. tax incentives -- Reason #6 : technological change -- Reason #7 : access to emerging markets with proactive policies -- Reason #8 : easier with experience -- Reason #9 : U.S. immigration policies -- Reason #10 : corporate strategy that no longer includes workers -- Conclusion -- 6. The far-reaching effects of outsourcing on the U.S. economy -- The long-run impacts on economic efficiency -- The impacts on U.S. labor demand -- The impacts on types of occupations and education -- The threats to U.S. technological capacity -- Conclusion -- 7. The human face of outsourcing : the impact on individual workers and communities -- The immediate impact on American workers -- The long-run impact on American workers -- The impact on individuals -- The impact on communities -- The Indian-American community : a special case -- Conclusion -- 8. How our dysfunctional immigration policy fuels outsourcing -- Introduction -- Some immigration basics -- How guest workers promote outsourcing -- Three fundamental design flaws in the H-1B program -- Shutting out the best and brightest -- What we should do? -- 9. How developing countries attract American jobs -- Why software companies move overseas -- Outsourcing to 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 -- An overview of China's proactive IT policy -- The implications for other developing countries -- What's down the road? -- Conclusion -- 10. Outsourcing in Europe and Canada -- Introduction -- Europe is on fire -- European outsourcing : the Irish miracle and the Eastern frontier -- Canada : keeping quite, for the moment -- Light at the end of the tunnel? Why offshoring -- Does not have to mean a race to the bottom -- 11. Ten policy recommendations -- 1) Acknowledge that a problem exits -- 2) Gather the right date to study the problem -- 3) Reform U.S. visa policies that encourage offshore outsourcing -- 4) Adopt more pragmatic approaches to government procurement -- 5) Overhaul assistance programs for displaced workers -- 6) Establish better protections for workers -- 7) Train the next generation of workers to have lifelong marketable skills -- 8) New institutions are needed to represent the interests of workers -- 9) Maintain our technological leadership -- 10) Institute trade policies in the U.S. national interest -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Defining outsourcing -- Outsourcing -- Offshore outsourcing -- Offshoring or offshore outsourcing -- On-site offshore outsourcing -- Insourcing -- Global sourcing -- Best-shore, near-shore, all-shore, etc. -- Appendix B. Analysis of key outsourcing studies -- ITAA Study -- Mann Report -- McKinsey Report -- Appendix C. Legislation introduced related to outsourcing -- Federal legislation -- State legislation -- Bibliography -- Index.