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I find it very interesting that in the globalization of trade, capital is free to flow across borders without hassle. Labor, not so much.
by mullingitover 13y ago
I find it very interesting that in the globalization of trade, capital is free to flow across borders without hassle. Labor, not so much.
- alive-or-not 13y agoCapital easily bribes politicians, labor not so much.
- anigbrowl 13y agoUntil fairly recently labor was bending over backwards to enforce such controls in the belief that such laws were effective protections for American workers. The union movement is historically skeptical of markets and its adherents mostly subscribe uncritically to the 'lump of labor' fallacy. It's only in the last few years that they have jumped on the bandwagon for immigration reform; prior to that they were happy to blame a lot of their own structural problems on an influx of Mexicans.