WASHINGTON _ What is most striking about Alan S. Blinder's large, sunny office at the Federal Reserve is how quiet it is. That's partly tradition. The men and women who set the nation's interest rates don't drop in on one another very often. But for Blinder,...
In a much debated research paper last year, Princeton economist Alan S. Blinder concluded that up to 38 million jobs, or 29 percent, of US jobs are potentially offshorable within the next couple of decades -- that is, capable of being outsourced to workers in other countries. ...