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Comment by mattnewton

15 days ago

No, research comparative advantage. We actually had it pretty great in the US.

Also a world trading with each other is a world disincentivized from war with each other.

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_heimdall  15 days ago

I have, and that depends on whether you are concerned at all with where we externalize our costs to. We had it good while messing up a lot of other places.

Maybe that's fine, maybe its not, but its not as simple as trade makes everyone better off.

  • mattnewton  14 days ago

    Then regulate those negative externalities. Huge progress has been made on that front over the years. This tariff approach is demolishing the whole bathroom full of people to get rid of the bathwater.