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It's called "The European Union". International trade helps capital, not citizens. Ricardian Comparative Advantages of Nations has been keeping agrarian societ
by SixSigma 11y ago
It's called "The European Union".
International trade helps capital, not citizens. Ricardian Comparative Advantages of Nations has been keeping agrarian societies in place in 1817.
Free Trade doesn't work [1] it just sounds good because of the words "free" and "trade".
[1]http://www.freetradedoesntwork.com/ http://www.freetradedoesntwork.com/
- kaonashi 11y agoThe new agreements seem to be wanting to keep "manufacturing" nations from engaging in design through strict IP laws. Used to be the empires wanted manufacturing all to themselves, now things have shifted.
- SixSigma 11y agoExactly. Virtual supply chains where we design and manage, you make it and ship it to each other.