I wrote:
> Back when the NAFTA (and similar trade bills) > were passed, people warned of job loss. The trouble with this > prediction is that it misses the point. The _real_ issue is labor > wages (relative to labor productivity).
Doug Henwood wrote:
Which is complicated by the fact that the 5 years after NAFTA were about the only ones in the last 35 that showed sustained gains in real hourly wages in the U.S.
alas, the ceteris isn't always paribus. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
