Economy

seabeyond

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2. this is the part i told her. but i do remember a time a decade ago, companies seemed to

Wed Dec 28, 2011, 12:53 PM

Dec 2011

have a tough time making their companies profitable and we were told they would go bankrupt if they did not manufacture overseas.

i did point out that though levi went overseas to produce product (she was told cheaper product now and americans dont want to pay more) i am not seeing cheaper. they were 25 or under. not 35-40'ish for the same 501. so where is the cheaper.

but where i am being tripped up is were the companies really endangered of not making profit? was that a bill of goods sold to us to make us accept them going overseas. was it another factor that had the companies doing so poorly, like those large package.

on edit... thank you for the point that they were to go overseas and manufacture for those in the area. not to bring back to gain higher profit

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companies were going bankrupt or had to move out of country. [View all] seabeyond Dec 2011 OP

I wish we could sue teachers for malpractice. Warpy Dec 2011 #1

this is the part i told her. but i do remember a time a decade ago, companies seemed to seabeyond Dec 2011 #2

In most cases, it was bullshit. In a few cases Warpy Dec 2011 #4

Another point to be made is that we were propagandized to believe shipping our jobs overseas.... Tansy_Gold Dec 2011 #7

Child labor is WHY people are hungry. mbperrin Dec 2011 #3

you say it so much better than I Tansy_Gold Dec 2011 #8

Gawrsh, that's a BIG compliment coming from Tansy_Gold! mbperrin Dec 2011 #9

Tansy Gold is woefully unschooled and operates by the seat of her pants and her gut instinct Tansy_Gold Dec 2011 #10

Any John Ruskin or E. F. Schumacher? mbperrin Dec 2011 #11

Ruskin yes, a lot of JS Mill Tansy_Gold Dec 2011 #12

Seabeyond, it doesn’t sound as though your niece will gain much knowledge in that course. ms.smiler Dec 2011 #5

It is outright scary that this is being taught in a college course. I have always wanted the economy jwirr Dec 2011 #6