Ability to Outsource: Good or Bad?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

While Antonio prepares to join the ranks of Friedman and Samuelson based on his emense contribution here regarding the "Inverse Practical Effect of Positive Per Capita Income Changes", I think I will take the time to provide some perspective here.

The OP asks about outsourcing in general. If you have several companies that have a legal dept that provides services occasionally, but not enough to justify paying them on staff continuously, it is of immense importance that they be able to outsource their legal services to an independent firm that can handle several firms on a contractual, potentially even on an as needed basis. So the answer is yes.


The solution to outsourcing of jobs overseas, is to boost competativeness in as many fields as possible. Any attempt of substance to restrict the operations of multinationals would amount to the dismantling of the international trade-based economy. The effect of which would be dire economically here in the US and other developed countries, but absolutely devasting to many less well off countries and the poor people within them.