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> Imagine the amount of damage something like NAFTA has done to the american working class - multiply that with 200 years. Citation needed. This is still a con
by argonaut 10y ago
> Imagine the amount of damage something like NAFTA has done to the american working class - multiply that with 200 years.
Citation needed. This is still a controversial issue in policy, and anyone certain of any one side has no idea what they're talking about. There is evidence it net hurt jobs. There is evidence it net gained jobs for the US.
- Retric 10y agoNot all jobs are created equal. NAFTA was great for destroying Unions and lowering costs, not sure if it created good jobs. Of course it was just another attack on the middle class. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/06/are-unions-necessary/258356/ http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/06/are-unio... PS: I don't 100% agree with this, but it's a viewpoint I rarely see on HN and fits the discussion.
- perseusprime11 10y agoWhat about robots replacing jobs? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36376966 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36376966
- argonaut 10y agoIrrelevant to my point?
- praxulus 10y agoThey might be saying that evidence of job loss to Mexico is further complicated by the fact that the jobs may have been lost to automation anyway. I.e. that's one more reason nobody can definitively say NAFTA was good/bad for American working class employment.
- perseusprime11 10y agoBingo!