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Question for you folks here. I was watching the debate below - and was actually surprised by the audience outcome.
Personally, I have to completely agree with the motion here - when manufacturing goes away, it doesn't mean that people learn new skills. We already made a laughing meme of journalists with "Learn to code" over that one. What effectively happens is that their once semi-useful skill goes away, so they move on to jobs with even smaller (or no skills) needed... such as retail, grocery stores, fast food, etc... This drives down the wages because the supply of workers is near infinite, and you have what we are stuck with today.... People demanding higher wages - yet it won't happen because the supply of workers is simply endless.
What is AT P&Ns thoughts on globalization? Is it to blame for some of our issues? All of them? Or none of them?
My initial job out of college was outsourced, so this topic has definitely affected me. If it isn't globalism, what is the cause for stagnant wages that just magically happens to correlate with when free trade really started to take off?
For Reference if anyone is interested in debates:
Personally, I have to completely agree with the motion here - when manufacturing goes away, it doesn't mean that people learn new skills. We already made a laughing meme of journalists with "Learn to code" over that one. What effectively happens is that their once semi-useful skill goes away, so they move on to jobs with even smaller (or no skills) needed... such as retail, grocery stores, fast food, etc... This drives down the wages because the supply of workers is near infinite, and you have what we are stuck with today.... People demanding higher wages - yet it won't happen because the supply of workers is simply endless.
What is AT P&Ns thoughts on globalization? Is it to blame for some of our issues? All of them? Or none of them?
My initial job out of college was outsourced, so this topic has definitely affected me. If it isn't globalism, what is the cause for stagnant wages that just magically happens to correlate with when free trade really started to take off?
For Reference if anyone is interested in debates: