The offshoring debate of the past few years has obscured some basic insights from economics and about economic policy in a globalising world.

A close look at offshoring shows that it not only results in bad strategy but has its origins in bad history.

Studies of multinational companies suggest that outsourcing not only raises the value of brands but boosts the wealth of shareholders and promotes high-wage administrative jobs at home.

The Democrats are raining on the free trade parade.

We examineways in which economists can communicate more effectively to policymakers and the broader public about offshoring and international trade.

An irregular feature for the irreverently inclined.

John Kerry has to convince voters that George W. Bush has botched the economy. That's hardto say with the unemployment rate down from 6.3 percent to 5.4 percent in a year.

What's gotten into Lou Dobbs? Once a sensible, if self-important and sycophantic, CNN anchor, he has suddenly become a table-thumping protectionist.