Shape up (original) (raw)
For offshored jobs to return, rich countries must prove that they have what it takes
THE WEST HAS become so obsessed with losing vast numbers of jobs to globalisation that its anxiety is now the butt of jokes. The Onion, a satirical website, recently reported that parents are outsourcing child care to India and Sri Lanka, using cardboard boxes to ship their offspring across the oceans.
This article appeared in the Special report section of the print edition under the headline “Shape up”
From the January 19th 2013 edition
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