“Offshoring manufacturing jobs left Americans with fewer high-value-added, well-paid jobs, and the U.S. middle class downsized. Ladders of upward mobility were taken down. Income and wealth distributions worsened.”

American economist and author

Paul Craig Roberts is an American economist and author known for his commentary on economic policy and U.S. politics. He has also held a sub-cabinet post in the United States federal government and taught at several American universities. Roberts is associated with supply-side economics, which he has promoted in his writing and public commentary. He is also known for his criticism of recent U.S. foreign policy, a subject that has shaped much of his public work.