Leamer on Outsourcing and Globalization
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English - July 09, 2007 06:30 - 1 hour - 29.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 4K ratingsCourses Education Science Social Sciences economics business books interviews history ethics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Is outsourcing good for America? How does foreign competition affect wages in the United States? Ed Leamer, professor of economics at UCLA, talks about the effects of outsourcing on wages, jobs, and the U.S. standard of living. Drawing on a review of Thomas Friedman's The World is Flat, Leamer talks with host Russ Roberts about technology, trade, productivity and inequality.