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NOW interviews Greg Spotts for a look inside the economic shift that has many Americans worried about jobs and the future. Spotts discusses AMERICAN JOBS, his documentary film that examines the real-world consequences of the current jobless recovery, and makes a passionate case for fundamental change to America's stance in the globalized economy.

Make use of NOW's coverage of trade and globalization to get the facts, brush up on the issues under debate and find out what's going on in YOUR neighborhood.

  • Debate — Free and Fair Trade and Globalization, CAFTA, NAFTA and Outsourcing
  • Facts and Figures — Unemployment in the U.S. and Worldwide, Job Migration
  • Resource Maps — Employment Help and Your Local Representatives
  • Features and More — Winners and Losers in the Trade Exchange, Rich World, Poor Women, NAFTA's Chapter 11
  • Voices — CNN's Lou Dobbs, Michael Zweig on America's working class


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DEBATE: Is outsourcing domestic disaster or global boon — or neither? Find out more about the discussion on globalization. Read what both sides have to say about NAFTA and the new debate over CAFTA then speak your mind on NOW's message boards.
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FACTS AND FIGURES: Are U.S. jobs heading overseas? Take a look at job flight projections. The changing face of unemployment and a look at wages and new jobs in the new millennium.
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RESOURCE MAPS: Find employment assistance and retraining in your area. Contact your state representatives about the issues on your mind. Plus, track legislation online.
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FEATURES: NOW visits a community losing a factory in "Winners and Losers." Explore some of the effects of globalization on women. And, what's so important about NAFTA's Chapter 11? The U.S. leads the Western world in income inequality and in workhours.
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VOICES: CNN's Lou Dobbs talks about outsourcing and his book, EXPORTING AMERICA: WHY CORPORATE GREED IS SHIPPING AMERICAN JOBS OVERSEAS. Filmmaker Greg Spotts on CAFTA. Michael Zweig about the working class majority in America.



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