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Better than unions would just be increasing labor scarcity at the low end of skills. Protectionism in the form of a carbon tax with border adjustment would help
by ericd 5y ago
Better than unions would just be increasing labor scarcity at the low end of skills. Protectionism in the form of a carbon tax with border adjustment would help quite a bit, I think.
- jamincan 5y agoIf my country (Canada) is anything to go by, instead of allowing market forces to increase low wages, they just change the rules to temporarily import workers instead. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-ottawa-loosens-restrictions-on-temporary-foreign-workers/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-ottawa-loos...
- Nasrudith 5y agoArtificial scarcity is a terrible way to generate wealth, and a carbon tax would disappoint given economies of scale in shipping are because per kilogram they are overwhelmingly efficient.