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Japanese farmers are being subsidized by these trade regulations, at the expense of other Japanese workers (namely, any worker who produces something that Japan
by baddox 10y ago
Japanese farmers are being subsidized by these trade regulations, at the expense of other Japanese workers (namely, any worker who produces something that Japan could trade for foreign potatoes).
- mistermann 10y agoMy understanding is that Japan has a very flat pay structure across society, with much less diversity in wages. If so, and if the rest of the world is the correct "market" price, then lots of people in Japan are being "subsidized". In a sense, their society has chosen this structure, in which case it's not even a subsidy, it is the natural price.