Reply #50: God save us from the poor. [View All]

[pampango]

Wall them off and keep them out of my life. Is that the idea?

"If an American company chooses a Canadian trucker or vice versa it is most likely they are more efficient at trucking a given good." - Is there way to structure this trucking system so that Mexican trucks could be chosen if, in a given instance, they are more efficient at transporting a given good? Or is it impossible that a Mexican trucker could ever qualify to do that? (I know that kind of stereotyping of Mexicans sounds racist, but I have but it seems to be a common perception in some places.)

"Look at Mexico, look at China they are paler because they are less wealthy in an absolute sense." - The map certainly does show that very dramatically. They are absolutely poorer than the US, Canada, Australia, Japan and Western Europe.

"Trading between the top dogs(blue) and everything else results in the top being dragged down to the global average. This is not comparative advantage given equal inputs it is absolute advantage based on cheapness." - The map, though beautiful, does not prove this. Is there a country on that map that could be used as a historical example of having been dragged from the top dog (blue) category to the paler categories by an influx of Third World truckers or immigrants or manufactured goods? Perhaps they could invent a new color for countries that used to be top dogs but have been dragged down to paler colors by poor Third World people.