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Saving Production Rules

If California can do it for chicken eggs, why can’t we do it for all goods sold in America? The Oct 4 print copy of the New York Times Business section has the report (on-line) on the recent United States … Continue reading

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Offshoring – We’re All Brain Surgeons Now

Train the Boyz in the ‘hood as Brain Surgeons so they get jobs when all that offshoring is over – sort of  per Alan S. Blinder Offshoring has been in the news for over 20 years, now.  We just came across … Continue reading

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Offshoring and Outsourcing are good — Brooks

“Offshoring and outsourcing has been good for American productivity.”  So says New York Times David Brooks, in his 2012 Jul 16 essay (published Tuesday, Jul 17, in the NYT Op-Ed section).  This is in direct confrontation to Paul Krugman’s July … Continue reading

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Outsourcing and Offshoring Help The Income Pump

Krugman points out 2 ways to transfer income upwards – outsourcing and offshoring The process I call The Income Pump switched on in the 1981-82 time frame.   Not sure what are all mechanical parts making up that pump, but it … Continue reading

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