Domestic Outsourcing, Rent Seeking, and Increasing Inequality

• Published in: The Review of radical political economics Vol. 49; no. 4; pp. 513 - 528
• Main Author: Appelbaum, Eileen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.12.2017; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Claims; Earnings; Economic theory; Income; Inequality; Outsourcing; Power; Production; Rent-seeking; Rents; Skills; Workers; inequality; J31; D23; production networks; financialization; D3

This paper argues that an important mechanism linking increasing rents and the rising earnings’ inequality among workers with similar skills is the increase in domestic outsourcing and the growth of networked forms of production. This has multiplied contractual relationships and legal claims to prof...