Post Misrepresents Story on Outsourcing

A Washington Post factcheck on the debate commented on a debate question on outsourcing:

"But economistsareunanimousthat trade, including outsourcing, is hugely beneficial to economic growth at home and abroad."

This is highly misleading for two reasons. First, economists are unanimous in agreeing that trade could have major distributional consequences. And some prominent economists, such as Paul Krugman, have argued that the recent pattern of trade for the United States has had negative dist...