Globalization was oversold

(written by lawrence krubner, however indented passages are often quotes). You can contact lawrence at: lawrence@krubner.com, or follow me on Twitter.

Interesting:

Trump exploited understandable grievances among a large swath of American society, whose standard of living has stagnated for almost half a century. Defenders of globalization say that Trump has unfairly blamed globalization, when the real culprit is technology. Of course, Trump like so many demagogues prefers to blame others.

Though even without globalization, technological advances would have meant workers without a college education would be hard pressed, the reality is that globalization has played a central role: even without changes in technology, especially unskilled workers would have seen wages depressed. Globalization was oversold: the increase in output was less than hoped, and there were costs—especially the lowering of wages as the bargaining power of workers weakened.

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    https://qz.com/1157242/trump-has-failed-on-trade-thats-good-but-the-economic-damage-is-already-done/
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