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Protectionism is good. We've been colonised by the US - shipping all the high paid jobs there and paying no taxes in Europe.
by nivenkos 5y ago
Protectionism is good. We've been colonised by the US - shipping all the high paid jobs there and paying no taxes in Europe.
- nickpp 5y agoProtectionism stagnates societies, slows innovation and disruption while benefiting incumbents.
- kataklasm 5y agoPlease tell me more about how Amazon progresses society?
- nickpp 5y agoIncredible access to products from over the globe. Like google democratized access to information, really. Then superb opportunities for sellers on its market place: lots of small business started there. And let's not talk about their other investments and creations like AWS.
- kortilla 5y agoThe citizens only come the US for high paying jobs because there aren’t enough innovative businesses in Europe to support strong software wages. There aren’t enough innovating businesses because of the tendency of the people to reach for regulation for everything. You can’t pass a law that demands your economy be better without somehow actually making it better for businesses.
- goodpoint 5y agoYou are confusing protectionism with fairness.