You dont sound like an outsider at all. "Trade makes us richer. Anyone who says this is the the case is an ignoramus". Contrast that with this recent article

You dont sound like an outsider at all. "Trade makes us richer. Anyone who says this is the the case is an ignoramus". Contrast that with this recent article https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/10/22/economists-globalization-trade-paul-krugman-china/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/10/22/economists-globalizatio... I think what you really need to define is what "us" means