The recent discussion on Free Trade Benefitting Everyone has prompted a
number of questions for me. I am very interested in hearing the answers of
those who have argued that free trade does not benefit everyone.
1) What do you consider the origin of incometo be? How is/should it be
determined how much a worker is worth and paid?
2) Do you believe that an individual has a right to a job that pays a
certain wage? Do you believe that this right carries any responsibilities?
3) What is the correct moral decision in the following situation:
You regularly purchase lightbulbs from Stan, a light-bulb maker, for $6 a
bulb.
Mark, who is currently unemployed, figures that he can make a lightbulb for
$4, sell them for $5, and make everyone better off.
Assume that you are the only buyer of lightbulbs in the economy.
A) Continue to purchase from Stan at $6 a lightbulb, and leave Mark
unemployed for another month.
B) Purchase from Mark, making him employed this month, but making Stan
unemployed this month.
Again, what is the correct moral choice?
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Assuming that I get a response of two, I will post my own answers before I
leave for my vacation on Wednesday Night.
JDG
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We are products of the same history, reaching from Jerusalem and
Athens to Warsaw and Washington. We share more than an alliance.
We share a civilization. - George W. Bush, Warsaw, 06/15/01
