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Re:U.S. Goods Trade Deficit Declines to Smallest in Three Years by jotto on Tuesday December 31, 2019 @08:01PM (#21925902)
Why do you think there's not more discussion around forfeiting the privileged position? Or am I wrong, and is there a lot of discussion on it already?
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Re:U.S. Goods Trade Deficit Declines to Smallest in Three Years by dustingetz on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @02:09AM (#21927030)
there is bipartisan support for defending the trade deficit through military expansion, so there is no political will to be gained by drawing attention to this. there is a lot of discussion of this on macro econ podcasts.
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