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While largely true, employers fought a long hard political battle to break down impediments to trade and keep the value of the USD propped up. Those are the th
by crdoconnor 12y ago
While largely true, employers fought a long hard political battle to break down impediments to trade and keep the value of the USD propped up.
Those are the things that let them arbitrage labor costs and they (currently) come with the consent of labor. "Globalization" (in this sense) was not some inevitable force of nature, it was borne out of hard-won policies like NAFTA and CAFTA.