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“The U.S. tends to export high-tech goods because we have strong comparative advantage there, and we tend to import labor-intensive and less skill-intensive goods that other countries can do more cheaply.”
“There was a great sag in employment beginning in 2000.”
“More than any other issue, economists have kind of been boosters for trade.”
“Computers were programmed to swap out error-prone, inconsistent human calculation with digital perfection.”
“China's rise is really a kind of a world historical event. This is the largest country in the world. It has caused a wholesale substantial contraction of U.S. manufacturing employment.”