RE: It's not free trade to disincentivize manufacturing in USA and incentivize it in a bunch of sh!tholes

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Topic - What's wrong with a globalist economy? Gets you cheap consumer goods! - vacuous 09:19:13 10/17/22 (64)

RE: What's wrong with a globalist economy? Gets you cheap consumer goods! - fantja 21:32:36 10/18/22 (0)

The LAST thing we need in this country is lots and lots of... - MWE 14:37:02 10/18/22 (2)

Why? - jedrider 15:06:57 10/18/22 (1)

RE: Why? - MWE 17:37:47 10/18/22 (0)

I've always been protectionist - Jay Buridan 13:43:20 10/18/22 (0)

* Tariffs * -- protectionist OR leveling to playing field? - Feanor 05:14:03 10/18/22 (4)

RE: * Tariffs * -- protectionist OR leveling to playing field? - Dave_K 15:22:55 10/18/22 (3)

Russia and China are already, in many respects, adversaries. nt. - MWE 17:39:41 10/18/22 (2)

Russia, yes. China, not yet. - Dave_K 18:49:38 10/18/22 (1)

RE: Russia, yes. China, not yet. - jedrider 21:00:27 10/18/22 (0)

The hegemon has noticed development is getting out of hand. - bjh 20:05:45 10/17/22 (1)

More broadly, it's the fear of losing one's place - Dave_K 15:07:13 10/18/22 (0)

Cheap in the short term - LtMandella 18:43:28 10/17/22 (1)

Right on target. nt. - MWE 17:42:31 10/18/22 (0)

It is all built on a lie that any highschool economics student can readily point out..... - JDK 15:24:02 10/17/22 (4)

"Liberal globalism"?? ... let's be clear - Feanor 04:32:45 10/18/22 (0)

RE: It is all built on a lie that any highschool economics student can readily point out..... - pictureguy 23:30:55 10/17/22 (2)

But we would be better without dumping 50 billion empty water bottles into the ocean each year right! - JDK 04:28:53 10/18/22 (1)

RE: But we would be better without dumping 50 billion empty water bottles into the ocean each year right! - pictureguy 14:05:03 10/18/22 (0)

I wish my state wouldn't depend on other states for so many things - Dave_K 14:48:28 10/17/22 (2)

RE: I wish my state wouldn't depend on other states for so many things - pictureguy 23:34:38 10/17/22 (1)

It was meant to be tongue in cheek (nt) - Dave_K 06:34:36 10/18/22 (0)

You don't know until Pol Pot knocks on your door - Jay Buridan 13:31:21 10/17/22 (0)

One detail being missed. - jedrider 12:51:20 10/17/22 (4)

"postneoliberalism".... - Jim Pearce 13:35:47 10/17/22 (3)

"Postneoliberalism", a very appropriate term nonetheless - Feanor 04:43:47 10/18/22 (1)

well... - Jim Pearce 12:52:04 10/18/22 (0)

still needs a few more syllables to top "antidisestablishmentarianism" (nt) - mhardy6647 14:01:32 10/17/22 (0)

relative advantage makes a ton of sense... - Jim Pearce 11:51:58 10/17/22 (0)

Classical economics says free trade is great, but ... - Feanor 11:43:23 10/17/22 (9)

It's not free trade to disincentivize manufacturing in USA and incentivize it in a bunch of sh!tholes - Jazz Inmate 12:01:22 10/17/22 (8)

RE: It's not free trade to disincentivize manufacturing in USA and incentivize it in a bunch of sh!tholes - Sondek 10/17/2212:16:39 10/17/22 (6)

RE: It's not free trade to disincentivize manufacturing in USA and incentivize it in a bunch of sh!tholes - Robert J 04:47:51 10/18/22 (1)

Unions are basic scum and frauds... - Chris Garrett 14:42:47 10/19/22 (0)

RE: It's not free trade to disincentivize manufacturing in USA and incentivize it in a bunch of sh!tholes - Jazz Inmate 13:16:04 10/17/22 (0)

There's plenty of blame to go around. - ghost of olddude55 12:22:38 10/17/22 (2)

RE: There's plenty of blame to go around. - Sondek 12:30:07 10/17/22 (1)

It's burned into my brain. - ghost of olddude55 12:36:17 10/17/22 (0)

For once, we agree on something. nt - ghost of olddude55 12:01:53 10/17/22 (0)

Canada has all critical materials for EV batteries - Feanor 11:34:47 10/17/22 (0)

"How are we gonna bring back manufacturing?" Impossible in this regulatory environment - Jazz Inmate 10:58:42 10/17/22 (9)

Environmental protection, properly done, can HELP a nation's productivity, not hinder it. - MWE 17:48:08 10/18/22 (0)

I agree with you on this .... - JDK 15:35:34 10/17/22 (2)

We can't control other governments. Only our own policies - Jazz Inmate 16:30:37 10/17/22 (1)

RE: We can't control other governments. Only our own policies - JDK 16:44:44 10/17/22 (0)

Shoddy research. Manufacturing making somewhat of a comeback - jdaniel@jps.net 11:30:39 10/17/22 (3)

Googling is not research. It's giving your data to a tech goliath - Jazz Inmate 11:40:52 10/17/22 (2)

Just seems better than jumping to conclusions based upon data that ends at the tip of one's nose. Nt - jdaniel@jps.net 12:01:14 10/17/22 (1)

I don't jump to conclusions, and unlike you I don't allow myself to be brainwashed NT - Jazz Inmate 12:02:34 10/17/22 (0)

so we've backed ourselves into a corner of our own making - Wonderful ! /nt - Story 11:26:59 10/17/22 (0)

US government should have done what they promised - Goober58 10:13:17 10/17/22 (0)

Our entire economy is dependent upon cheap junk - jedrider 09:49:57 10/17/22 (7)

And yet, thanks to the global supply chain, cheap junk isn't exactly cheap anymore. - ghost of olddude55 10:00:38 10/17/22 (6)

It is also not such a junk anymore - Victor Khomenko 10:17:41 10/17/22 (5)

The cheap junk is still junk. - ghost of olddude55 10:32:57 10/17/22 (4)

I stand by what I said - Victor Khomenko 10:48:07 10/17/22 (3)

And I'm not disagreeing with you. - ghost of olddude55 10:59:53 10/17/22 (2)

Yes, there'll always be junk - Victor Khomenko 11:11:13 10/17/22 (1)

That's for dang sure. - ghost of olddude55 11:18:44 10/17/22 (0)

Do we also develop our local raw materials? - Victor Khomenko 09:35:05 10/17/22 (4)

Rare earth metals aren't all that "rare"... - dark_dave56 11:50:43 10/17/22 (0)

RE: Do we also develop our local raw materials? - tweaker456 10:22:21 10/17/22 (1)

Using external suppliers is perfectly fine, unless you create dependency - Victor Khomenko 10:45:08 10/17/22 (0)

RE: I oppose part of globalization - Oldbean2 10:06:50 10/17/22 (0)

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RE: It's not free trade to disincentivize manufacturing in USA and incentivize it in a bunch of sh!tholes - Sondek 10/17/2212:16:39 10/17/22 (6)

RE: It's not free trade to disincentivize manufacturing in USA and incentivize it in a bunch of sh!tholes - Robert J 04:47:51 10/18/22 (1)

Unions are basic scum and frauds... - Chris Garrett 14:42:47 10/19/22 (0)

RE: It's not free trade to disincentivize manufacturing in USA and incentivize it in a bunch of sh!tholes - Jazz Inmate 13:16:04 10/17/22 (0)

There's plenty of blame to go around. - ghost of olddude55 12:22:38 10/17/22 (2)

RE: There's plenty of blame to go around. - Sondek 12:30:07 10/17/22 (1)

It's burned into my brain. - ghost of olddude55 12:36:17 10/17/22 (0)

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