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Furthermore: Adding a job in China isn't really in competition with adding a job in America. If anything there is a synergy. If Chinese factories can pump out
by johngalt 16y ago
Furthermore:
Adding a job in China isn't really in competition with adding a job in America. If anything there is a synergy. If Chinese factories can pump out goods cheap for American designers, that means we can hire more designers, and profitably sell more things globally.
- Eliezer 16y agoI don't expect them to understand that part. Ricardo's Law of Comparative Advantage is non-obvious. The proposition that Chinese workers are sentient, and therefore objects of moral value, is somewhat more elementary.