tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post4161324492564658580..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: Dr. Krugman Loves a LumpUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-84884776079115119882016-04-02T16:04:05.228-04:002016-04-02T16:04:05.228-04:00The issue of so called free trade has nothing to d...The issue of so called free trade has nothing to do with lumps of labor, fallacious or otherwise. First let's begin to recognize that free trade is an oxymoron and what is being referred to as free is in fact structured trade. That is agreements regarding who can trade what for what and under what conditions such trade should take place. And the issues of trade in modern times is not the same as they were one or two hundred years ago. At one time it may have been one country versus another. England blocking imports of cotton goods from India in order to prop up it's own textile industry. Maybe oil trade is still like that, but most destruction from global trade comes now in the form of corporations seeking out locations wherein a labor force is exploited by its own government. China, Mexico or any other such place is not to blame so much as the corporations that are no longer identifying with their former country of origin, but instead are focused on labor pools that can be exploited indirectly. Tariffs should be in place to protect a country's citizens from loss of jobs not because other countries have built a better mouse trap, but because corporations are manufacturing goods in countries that allow its citizens to be exploited.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971442888151627894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-50768153681329363672016-04-01T23:00:40.378-04:002016-04-01T23:00:40.378-04:00Why economics hasn't improved for 200 years? P...Why economics hasn't improved for 200 years? Promiscuous Teleology. Seriously. <br />https://www.theguardian.com/science/head-quarters/2016/mar/31/intelligent-design-popular-evolution-creationismThornton Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402495641975262697noreply@blogger.com