Failings of American Education system.
Many people feel that outsourced jobs are a problem in American; however, it is just a reflection of the failings of the American education system. For several generations, America was a technological leader, and this technology created what are essentially low-leveled white-collar jobs such as telemarketing, informational technology, computer programming, and other support services. While America was the technological leader, these jobs were the source of revenue for the middle class as they moved away from the factory-type jobs. The American education system prepared people to work in these jobs that could not be performed by the most of the world. However, time marched on and the level of technology in the rest of the world caught up. Suddenly, the developing nations were capable of performing the same duties for a much smaller cost.
This is not the first time the American economy has shifted many of its lower-skilled jobs to developing countries. The American factories of the previous generations ground to a halt as they shifted their operations to less developed countries, but the middle-class responded by moving into technology and related fields, and all was good. However, since then, the American education system has fallen behind many countries of the world, and the new American middle-class has no where else to go.
Had this mass-outsourcing been coupled with a push by the middle class into new higher “low-skilled” jobs, the American economy would only have to suffer a small “jolt” before surging ahead. However, these low-skilled jobs are not being replaced as fast as they are lost, and there are no emerging industries that Americans can perform better than the rest of the world.