Comments on: Trade and Natalism http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/05/14/trade-and-natalism/ Just another geek in the geek kingdom Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:38:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Barry http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/05/14/trade-and-natalism/comment-page-1/#comment-2190 Barry Wed, 16 May 2007 03:34:44 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1773#comment-2190 Go to Economist's View (http://economistsview.typepad.com/); Mark Thoma puts Krugman's column on. Go to Economist’s View (http://economistsview.typepad.com/);
Mark Thoma puts Krugman’s column on.

]]> By: Brian Moore http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/05/14/trade-and-natalism/comment-page-1/#comment-2189 Brian Moore Tue, 15 May 2007 20:59:27 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1773#comment-2189 I would imagine it is rather labor-intensive, too! I would imagine it is rather labor-intensive, too!

]]> By: LP http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/05/14/trade-and-natalism/comment-page-1/#comment-2188 LP Tue, 15 May 2007 17:51:46 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1773#comment-2188 Also in quote: 'wores' = workers?<br /> There's something poetic in 'manufactured gods from the third world.' Also in quote: ‘wores’ = workers?

There’s something poetic in ‘manufactured gods from the third world.’

]]> By: Brian Moore http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/05/14/trade-and-natalism/comment-page-1/#comment-2187 Brian Moore Tue, 15 May 2007 16:16:15 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1773#comment-2187 Damn it David, I thought I was the only witty person to catch that. "And no, cheap consumer goods at Wal-Mart aren't adequate compensation." Given that for lots of people, these "consumer goods" are things like food and other necessities, what would Mr. Krugman propose WOULD be adequate compensation? Yachts? I know it's heartening to think of all Wal-Mart customers as buying cheap trinkets and toys, but those of us who actually go to Wal-Mart note how many people are buying basic necessities and wonder why Krugman wants to make them more expensive. On your original point, I do like the idea of anti-immigration people campaigning tirelessly against the imminent onslaught of job-hungry, low-skilled refugees from the foreign coasts of the womb. Damn it David, I thought I was the only witty person to catch that.

“And no, cheap consumer goods at Wal-Mart aren’t adequate compensation.”

Given that for lots of people, these “consumer goods” are things like food and other necessities, what would Mr. Krugman propose WOULD be adequate compensation? Yachts? I know it’s heartening to think of all Wal-Mart customers as buying cheap trinkets and toys, but those of us who actually go to Wal-Mart note how many people are buying basic necessities and wonder why Krugman wants to make them more expensive.

On your original point, I do like the idea of anti-immigration people campaigning tirelessly against the imminent onslaught of job-hungry, low-skilled refugees from the foreign coasts of the womb.

]]> By: David http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/05/14/trade-and-natalism/comment-page-1/#comment-2186 David Tue, 15 May 2007 14:31:19 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1773#comment-2186 "labor-intensive manufactured gods from the third world" gods? Heh. “labor-intensive manufactured gods from the third world”

gods?

Heh.

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