How Offshoring May Be Hurting U.S. Technology Employees

Rochester Institute of Technology Professor Ron Hira argues for the preservation of American technology jobs. The professor also discusses the major trends in moving highly paid jobs in technology across the globe. "The narrative is offshoring doesn't affect the total number of jobs in the U.S., what happens is the change in the mix," said Hira, who wrote a chapter about the offshoring of research and development for Manufacturing a Better Future for America, published in July by the Alliance for American Manufacturing. "The problem with that is it's not clear it's only low-level jobs moving offshore. What it doesn't talk about is the fact trade can be win/lose. When China gets better at the things the U.S. is good at, the U.S. can get poorer."