The global marketplace allows some consumers to benefit from inexpensive imported goods. It also causes some workers to lose their jobs to low-wage workers in other areas. In this activity, you will explore these dynamics. For your posting this week, consider the following:
How has the global economic downturn, discussed in the opening profile and throughout Chapter 1, impacted the outsourcing of jobs?
Referring to Chapter 1 and the case study at the end of the chapter, pages 34-36 ("Apple's iPhones - Not 'Made in America' "), discuss the general trends in the globalization of human capital.