Charles Sporck, an early champion of globalization who moved some of Fairchild's chip assembly operations from the US to Hong Kong in the 1960s, died at 96 (James R. Hagerty/Wall Street Journal)

James R. Hagerty / Wall Street Journal:
Charles Sporck, an early champion of globalization who moved some of Fairchild's chip assembly operations from the US to Hong Kong in the 1960s, died at 96  —  He argued that offshoring allowed the U.S. semiconductor industry to create more high-paying jobs at home