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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] | |||
After years of polling showing that Americans are worried about inflation, Harris is aiming to contain prices where they have often been most conspicuously felt — at the grocery store. She’s promising to, during her first 100 days in office, send Congress proposed federal limits on price increases for food producers and grocers. | |||
