Despeignes, Peronet,

Free-Trade Anxiety Fueled by White-Collar Workers' Feelings of.... Peronet Despeignes. - USA Today, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 43, Business, 1522-3191; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: Free-Trade Anxiety Fueled by White-Collar Workers' Feelings of..., Feb. 23, 2004; pp. n.p..

"Millions of educated low-wage workers abroad--from Ireland to China, India to the Philippines--have joined the global economy over the past few years. Among the causes of that influx: the end of the Cold War, global trade agreements, free-market economic reforms and the development of the Internet and other technologies." (USA TODAY) This article discusses the anxieties of American workers who are seeing many white-collar jobs exported.

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Americans--Attitudes
Contracting out
Employees--Attitudes
Free trade
Offshore assembly industry
Public opinion polls
White collar workers

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