I believe he was talking about a national policy, not a corporate policy. The idea that we, as a nation, somehow resist the neo-colonialism known as "free trad

I believe he was talking about a national policy, not a corporate policy. The idea that we, as a nation, somehow resist the neo-colonialism known as "free trade", and, as Mr Grove says, fight a trade war TO WIN. Corporations are legally obligated to make the biggest profit they can, which implies cutting costs any way that they legally can (so long as the cuts do not disproportionately impact gross incomes). No one is suggesting that we ask companies to invent charitable make-work. I believe what he finally gets to at the end of the essay is to suggest that we, as a society, provide financial disincentives to offshore work, and incentives to do the work within our own country. People making $40,000 per year are much more likely to buy your stuff than people making $20,000 (or $0), and are less likely to crash your gated villa, even if it costs 20 to 50 percent more. He also mentions that doing the grunt work trains (st least some -- enough) people to do the more creative stuff later. Don't worry, though. The multi-national corporations so own our government, so it's doubtful our national self-interest is going to have much influence anyway. You can continue living the libertarian dream. Unless you end up being one of the untouchables. Ouch.