Critics of Offshoring Claim All EXCEPT Which of the Following

question 23

Multiple Choice

Critics of offshoring claim all EXCEPT which of the following?

• A)Cost savings are seldom passed on to final consumers.
• B)Offshoring reduces the incomes of people in low-wage countries.
• C)Incomes of workers in countries whose companies offshored production have gone down as a percentage of national income.
• D)Many workers who have been displaced by offshoring do not have the skills needed for higher-value jobs.

Identify the distribution and significance of freshwater sources.

Understand the dynamics of carbon transfer among nonbiological reservoirs.

Differentiate between biological and nonbiological reservoirs in biogeochemical cycles.

Recognize significant aquifers and their importance in agriculture and water supply.

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