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Economy

Egalitarian Thug

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7. Even, or maybe especially, at the micro level this is unmitigated bullshit.

Reply to Bradical79 (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 07:52 PM

Nov 2012

Is your Professor one with whom you can argue? I got a lot of 'A's because I regularly challenged the idea put forth during classes. Of course, I was in college a couple of decades ago and it seems to be very different today.

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Free trade and offshoring are great! [View all] Bradical79 Nov 2012 OP

Yes, according to Hillary, there are "advantages" to outsourcing antigop Nov 2012 #1

Sure, everything gets a little cheaper! (at first) Warpy Nov 2012 #2

But the jobs are replaced with service jobs that don't pay enough to buy a computer, jtuck004 Nov 2012 #3

It doesn't necessarily bring people out of poverty. fasttense Nov 2012 #4

Uh, this doesn't mean they have a dishwasher and can't pay the electric bill or eat like here. jtuck004 Nov 2012 #5

Out of thin air niknik757 Nov 2012 #8

Rember this is Micro and Sam1 Nov 2012 #6

Even, or maybe especially, at the micro level this is unmitigated bullshit. Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #7