> The most powerful, and somewhat uncomfortable, part of Chang’s speech is his declaration that: > “Globalization is almost dead. Free trade is almost dead. An

> The most powerful, and somewhat uncomfortable, part of Chang’s speech is his declaration that: > “Globalization is almost dead. Free trade is almost dead. And a lot of people still wish they would come back, but I really don’t think they will be back for a while.” This is a horrible take, globalization's demise is a blessing not a curse. Globalization has propped up repressive regimes willing to provide child slave labor at the behest of capitalists the world over. At the same time this was taking jobs away from people in the west, and ending good factory jobs with pensions where a single breadwinner could support a family of 4. We might be able to go back to that paradigm which is important so that a child can have at least 1 parent available at all times and such if we end globalization and go back to localized supply chains.