> It's great that I can buy a cheap jacket and keep some of my income, it sucks that my housing expanses went from 1/5 to 1/2 of my income (as an example). May

> It's great that I can buy a cheap jacket and keep some of my income, it sucks that my housing expanses went from 1/5 to 1/2 of my income (as an example). Maybe they went from 1/5 to 1/2 precisely because trade made everything else so affordable? In the world without international trade, housing, education and health care could still be expensive, but cheap jeans would be $100 and cheap jackets $200.