Job loss point and counterpoint

Job loss point and counterpoint

Louis Uchitelle reports (in the New York Times) on efforts to count the jobs lost in the U.S. as manufacturing activity is "outsourced" overseas - but Brad Delong points out fundamental flaws in the exercise. Uchitelle: "A Missing Statistic: U.S. Jobs That Went Overseas" This link will go dead before too long, but DeLong quotes essential bits from it here, in his response: "Not the Right Number to Report".