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Re:For first time since 1880s, more young Americans live wit... by GFK_of_xmaspast on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @06:42PM (#11766147)
What other major industrial nation was not devastated during either World War? (I guess you can say "Canada" but I'm not sure how "major" or "industrial" they would have been in WWI).
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Re:For first time since 1880s, more young Americans live wit... by carsongross on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @06:52PM (#11766217)
You are assuming the conclusion.

My question is: the standard Ricardian argument for international free trade assumes that as trading partners become more productive, all trading partners benefit. Do you think this is the case? Certainly the original post does, as confirmed in his response.

If that is so, why would other countries becoming better at making things make us poorer?

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Re:For first time since 1880s, more young Americans live wit... by Camillo on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @10:30PM (#11767282)
It may have made America as a whole wealthier, but destroyed the working class.
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