Title: How Outsourcing Jobs Affects the US Economy
Headings: How Outsourcing Jobs Affects the US Economy
How Outsourcing Jobs Affects the US Economy
What You Need to Know About Outsourcing Jobs
How It Affects the Economy
Technology Outsourcing
Call Center Outsourcing
Human Resources Outsourcing
NAFTA Job Losses
Jobs in Mexico
India Attracting U.S. Companies
Jobs in China
Robots
Underpaid Workers
Rise in the Freelance Economy
The Bottom Line
Article Sources

Content: 11 ﻿﻿﻿ Outsourcing is just one reason. Technology, globalization, and a passion for "low prices" above all else are others. Rise in the Freelance Economy
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The freelance economy means that companies are laying off full-time—often older—workers and replacing them with part-timers, temp help, ​and freelance workers. It makes it easier to outsource jobs to workers who are not full-time. The Bottom Line
The phenomenon of job outsourcing in the United States provokes great economic contention. On one hand, this prevalent practice lowers costs for U.S. companies, enables global competitiveness, and allows them to provide reasonably-priced goods and services. The benefits also extend to countries on the outsourced end, many of which have grown their economies through U.S. outsourcing. On the other, it has hurt employment, raising the unemployment rate particularly in these hardest hit sectors: Manufacturing
Technology
Call centers
Human Resources
Although U.S. outsourcing has risen, foreign companies have been outsourcing jobs to the U.S., too—it works both ways. Outsourcing may not be the biggest threat to unemployment though.