Mitchell’s Musings 10-10-16: Makes Sense to Me

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Mitchell’s Musings 10-10-16: Makes Sense to Me Daniel J.B. Mitchell I came across an article in the Los Angeles Times business section recently with the print-version headline “Trade is seen as harmful.”1 The article noted that a Pew Research Center poll found that “eight out of ten adults regarded outsourcing of jobs overseas and the growth of imports of foreignmade goods as harmful to U.S. workers. By comparison only half of the people surveyed saw automation as hurtful – even though many economists believe that new technologies and the mechanization of work have led to as many job losses as imbalanced trade.” The article went on to relate the trade concerns to the current presidential election campaign.

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The online version of the article had a different headline focused on immigration, not trade: “Americans are feeling better about immigrants' economic effect — but Republicans aren't, survey shows.” See http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-pew-study-jobs-20161006-snap-story.html.

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