What do countries gain from ‘offshoring' their labor in a service economy?

a. They can expand their labor forces to include more people, which will increase productivity and services for their customers.
b. They can count on cheaper labor from the so-called developing world that will serve to increase the profits of large corporations and organizations.
c. They can assure that people of their own country will live a better life, retire earlier, and not have to work so hard.
d. They can educate the people of developing nations and improve life in those countries.


A

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