Dobbs makes the valid point that some workers are hurt by outsourcing. Then he claims this increases the trade deficit, which he asserts is a bad thing without ever explaining why. Dobbs's view of trade was shown to be incorrect 200 years ago by Adam Smith and David Ricardo, two of the most important economists to ever live. The book also lacks an index and footnotes or endnotes, and I get the impression that it is mostly a rehash of points made on Dobbs's TV program. To *really* find out about trade and related matters at the beginning of the 21st century, read Tom Friedman's The World is Flat.