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1. Brief overview of Jasper's article
William Jasper is an investigative journalist who has researched and written on various topics, including foreign and domestic policies and national security. In his article "Losing America's Livelihood", the author's premise of writing the paper is to awaken and educate the American people on the potential issues that lie ahead for the United States if government policies and actions regarding U.S employment don't change, even boldly stating that the U.S is headed for Third World status.
Throughout the article, there are various areas where the author is critical of and in turn concerned about. It is the opinion of these authors that government regulatory policies and intervention, job offshoring and the FTAA (Free Trade of the Americas) are the main issues Jasper is highlighting and therefore resulting in unemployment in the United States. In addition, Jasper fears that national sovereignty as he knows will cease to exist. Every industry including shrimp, tool and die, sawmill owners, ranchers and farmers, manufacturers, software engineers and computer consultants are all facing extinction due to these issues. This paper will examine in detail the three areas in question, listing the benefits and consequences of each. Afterwards, we will conclude with an overview of how credible Jasper's argument is.
2. Relationship between offshoring and unemployment
2.1. Introduction of offshoring
In the U.S. the offshoring implies the transfer of high-wage U.S. jobs to lower-cost overseas locations. It is enabled by improved communications technologies and driven by the desire of corporations to establish a business prese ...