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Originally Posted by Craig
So, do you think it is better for those workers in the developing world to be shut out of the global economy because the west wants to protect their unskilled workers from competition?
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If you're a western worker, yes. If you're a developing worker, no. Why exactly should the west **** its own workers to aid foreign workers?
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Where would japan be today if the west hadn't done business with them after WW2, with plenty of complaining from americans who didn't want the competition from their labor market.
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Japan would probably be worse off, the US would probably be better off.
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Where would the US be today if they had to depend on the US labor market to manufacture all their consumer goods? Talk about wage inflation, can you imagine what would happen to US wages without outside competition? We would probably be paying $2000 for a Zenith TV set.  G
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So what? If eveybody was employed and could afford that TV, would the country not be better off than it's present state?
- Peter.
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