Let me cough up this chestnut from the '90's: "Race to the bottom." Fortunately, that bottom is rising, on average. But "first world" systems have taken a lo

Let me cough up this chestnut from the '90's: "Race to the bottom." Fortunately, that bottom is rising, on average. But "first world" systems have taken a lot of abuse, along the way. In my opinion, abuse that was unnecessary. But we let the shysters in to arbitrage against the disparities, instead of helping other countries to grow for themselves into more well-rounded and autonomous entities. Maybe I'm a fool, but that's how I see it.