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It conveyed no information other than the personal and uninteresting views of the author. Do you think globalisation has not rewarded capital more than labour?
by barrkel 9y ago
It conveyed no information other than the personal and uninteresting views of the author.
Do you think globalisation has not rewarded capital more than labour?
Do you think globalisation has not made it easier for wealthy people to hide their assets from governments?
Because I think both statements are factually accurate, not opinion. The only bit that was "opinion" was the suggestion that the reader should perhaps be surprised. It doesn't seem a stretch.
My references:
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/3-charts-that-explain-global-inequality/ https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/3-charts-that-explain...
https://understandingsociety.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/tyler-cowan-on-global-inequality.html https://understandingsociety.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/tyler-co...
I'm using growing income inequality as a proxy for rewarding capital vs rewarding labour. It's well-known to everyone that middle-classes in Western countries have had the rawest deal from globalisation, and that large populations in poorer countries have seen large relative increases. But that isn't the same thing as saying that globalisation benefits labour more than capital; it doesn't. It also isn't a judgement as to whether globalisation is good or bad; overall, I think it's a good thing, we're better off with fewer poor people globally.