Workers in certain industries find their skills in higher demand as foreigners spend their increased dollar earnings, consumers benefit from lower prices, and shareholders and managers see their companies’ profits increase. However much we may worry about the distributional consequences of outsourcing, we should never overlook the fact that it increases the total size of the economic pie.
但即便是在美国，输家的损失也无法与赢家的收益相提并论。随着外国人花掉他们增加以后的美元收入，从事特定行业的员工会发现对自己技能的需求日益增加。消费者享受到了更为低廉的物价，股东和经理们看到了公司盈利的提升。无论我们对外购对分配的影响有多少顾虑，我们永远也不应该忽视这样一点：那就是外购能够将经济蛋糕做得更大。