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The article discusses the shortage of science and engineering talents in the U.S. Employment of computer specialists fell short of Bureau of Labor Statistics projections as a result of offshore business process outsourcing. The U.S. share of global science and engineering activity would continue to decline through the decade. Between 1970 and 2000, the U.S. share of college students in the world decline from 30 to 14%.

The article profiles economist Richard B. Freeman. He is an economics professor at Harvard University, co-director of the Labor and Worklife Program at the Harvard Law School and director of the Labor Studies Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He has published several articles dealing with a wide range of research interests such as the job market for scientists and engineers.