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- From: khchung@monu1.cc.monash.edu.au (Mr KH Chung)
- Subject: Re: Australian Products
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.123818.20658@monu1.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Summary: economic rationalists
- Organization: Monash University, Australia.
- References: <1j4osaINNpt2@huon.itd.adelaide.edu.au> <als.727407984@marloo.kowari.cpsg.com.au>
- Distribution: aus
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 12:38:18 GMT
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- In article <als.727407984@marloo.kowari.cpsg.com.au>, als@kowari.cpsg.com.au (Anthony Shipman) writes:
- > adt@technix.oz.au (Andrew Tune) writes:
- >
- > >2) Why is it better for someone to buy something from Australians and
- > >bring benefit to Australia than to buy something from (say) Koreans
- > >and bring benefit to Korea? Aren't Koreans good people like us?
- > >Don't they deserve good things like we do? Regardless of whether (but
- > >especially if) they can make better or cheaper products?
- >
- > People have to eat. They need jobs to eat. If the people arena were as
- > fluid as the jobs arena then OK. But it is hard for people to uproot and
- > move to Korea or Singapore or wherever the jobs go.
- >
- > While we want and expect people to stay in this country it is reasonable
- > to take special measures to ensure that there are jobs for them here IMHO.
-
- That is the biggest problem with the arguments put forward by the economic
- rationalists (NOTE: EVERYTHING IS MY OPINION!!! THEY ARE BACKED UP BY
- FEWER FACTS THAN THE ECONOMISTS' VIEW!). They seem to forget that the
- geography of the employment ratio is important. Tarriffs etc. may be
- in-efficient in terms of GLOBAL employment, but locally, it may be
- beneficial.
-