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.

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