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Free trade isn't the problem | 75 comments (75 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Free trade isn't the problem (none / 0)

That can't be right: there was plenty of labour mobility when the cost of travel was extremely high: see the US in the 19th C.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Tue Nov 20th, 2007 at 02:33:06 PM EST
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Re: Free trade isn't the problem (none / 0)

Sorry: meant Europe -> US.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Tue Nov 20th, 2007 at 02:42:04 PM EST
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And plenty of goods mobility and plenty of capital mobility. I'm just making a claim about relative moving costs.

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Nov 20th, 2007 at 02:42:58 PM EST
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Re: Free trade isn't the problem (4.00 / 2)

How do you deconstruct the relative moving costs? Obviously it is different for different goods and different eeehm, kinds of labour? Capital moving costs are very low with computerisation but seem to me more sensitive to the financial and legal framework and their (perceived) stability.

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Tue Nov 20th, 2007 at 06:21:50 PM EST
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