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[https://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/01/inequality-as-policy/ by Dean Baker 1/11/16 COUNTERPUNCH] | [https://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/01/inequality-as-policy/ by Dean Baker 1/11/16 COUNTERPUNCH] | ||
Starting with globalization, there was nothing pre-determined about a pattern of trade liberalization that put U.S. manufacturing workers in direct competition with their much lower paid counterparts in the developing world. Instead, that competition was the result of trade pacts written to make it as easy as possible for U.S. corporations to invest in the developing world to take advantage of lower labor costs, and then ship their products back to the United States. | Starting with globalization, there was nothing pre-determined about a pattern of trade liberalization that put U.S. manufacturing workers in direct competition with their much lower paid counterparts in the developing world. Instead, that competition was the result of trade pacts written to make it as easy as possible for U.S. corporations to invest in the developing world to take advantage of lower labor costs, and then ship their products back to the United States. | ||
=====Harris has proposed a slew of economic policies. Here’s a look at what’s in them===== | |||
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/harris-has-proposed-a-slew-of-economic-policies-heres-a-look-at-whats-in-them by Will Weissert 16/8/24 PBS NEWS] | |||
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is out with a string of new economic proposals focused on food prices, taxes, housing and medical costs that she says will empower the middle class. | |||
