I think there more Pros than Cons, and the cultural & business advantage of equal trade laws across the 12 nations is likely to surpass any trade benefits.
On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 12:48 PM, Marcus Daniels <mar...@snoutfarm.com> wrote: > A disagreement may be lurking here, if you assume that wealth and > capability are the same. Or even if you assume that they are highly > correlated. Or even if you assume that the causal arrow is from capability > to wealth. > > > > I’m making the distinction because in many situations wealth may well be a > result of anti-competitive and unfair practices. (I understand the TPP has > some text about leveling the playing field with regard to anti-trust laws, > but I haven’t looked at the language myself.) I don’t assume the casual > arrow is from capability to wealth, but it seems worth considering that the > world in which it causally related is better than one in which it is not, > and that efforts like the TPP could at least in principle facilitate that. > > > > [..] > > > > And the political destabilization could perhaps be better managed by also > developing the control system in a globalized way. > > > > Not sure what you mean by this. Can you say more? > > > > It can be understood in a community, in the U.S., or across a set of trade > partners, that underskilled individuals can be retrained to be skilled > workers. With federal law leading the way, dispense with the idea that a > person should be expected to learn everything they need to know by 25, and > if they fail to they are stuck with a limited set of options. Some of > these things aren’t just policy things, but social norms that I think just > don’t work anymore. Retraining, and learning in general, should be > considered patriotic and rewarded, along the lines of programs that find > work for veterans. > > > > Marcus > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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