http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/02/22/where-the-jobs-are-or-will-be-soon/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/02/22/where-the-jobs-are-or-will-be-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-75783 sam Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:12:13 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/02/22/where-the-jobs-are-or-will-be-soon/#comment-75783 So what you are saying is that soon Mexicans will be streaming across our southern border to catch a flight from LA to Reykjavik? So what you are saying is that soon Mexicans will be streaming across our southern border to catch a flight from LA to Reykjavik?

]]> http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/02/22/where-the-jobs-are-or-will-be-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-75771 Mockinbird Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:17:50 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/02/22/where-the-jobs-are-or-will-be-soon/#comment-75771 We need to reduce the corporate tax rate so as to compete. Robust free market capitalism is truly for our children. We need to reduce the corporate tax rate so as to compete. Robust free market capitalism is truly for our children.

]]> http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/02/22/where-the-jobs-are-or-will-be-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-75764 TimF Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:28:30 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/02/22/where-the-jobs-are-or-will-be-soon/#comment-75764 >> Global trade will go on even if the US decides not to play any longer. That's standard 'decoupling' theory.  Unfortunately, the ongoing financial-market problems seem intent on disproving it's validity.  Remember, the result of Smoot-Hawley was a GLOBAL reduction in trade that made what was a nasty recession into the Great Depression.  FWIW, it may not matter any more what the US does (though of course we can always make a bad situation worse), as China looks likely to crash post-Olymipics and bring the house-of-cards down (<a href="http://www.financialsense.com/editorials/petrov/2004/0902.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.financialsense.com/editorials/petrov/2004/0902.html</a>).  History doesn't necessarily repeat, but it sure looks like it may rhyme.    >> Global trade will go on even if the US decides not to play any longer.
That’s standard ’decoupling’ theory.  Unfortunately, the ongoing financial-market problems seem intent on disproving it’s validity.  Remember, the result of Smoot-Hawley was a GLOBAL reduction in trade that made what was a nasty recession into the Great Depression. 
FWIW, it may not matter any more what the US does (though of course we can always make a bad situation worse), as China looks likely to crash post-Olymipics and bring the house-of-cards down (http://www.financialsense.com/editorials/petrov/2004/0902.html).  History doesn’t necessarily repeat, but it sure looks like it may rhyme.   

]]> http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/02/22/where-the-jobs-are-or-will-be-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-75752 Lars Walker Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:30:19 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/02/22/where-the-jobs-are-or-will-be-soon/#comment-75752 On top of everything else, Iceland's a kind of cool place. Grimly beautiful, and everybody heats their floors with geothermic energy. On top of everything else, Iceland’s a kind of cool place. Grimly beautiful, and everybody heats their floors with geothermic energy.

]]> http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/02/22/where-the-jobs-are-or-will-be-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-75751 guy Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:27:15 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/02/22/where-the-jobs-are-or-will-be-soon/#comment-75751 Corporations will want to leave because of high tax rates?Well, I guess we'll just have to nationalize those nasty corporations.  That'll fix the problem. Corporations will want to leave because of high tax rates?Well, I guess we’ll just have to nationalize those nasty corporations.  That’ll fix the problem.

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