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Podcast: Open to Debate
Episode: #154 - Has Globalization Undermined the American Working Class?
Description: This Episode Originally Aired on August 3rd, 2018MOTION: Globalization Has Undermined America's Working ClassGlobalization ushered in an era of free trade, fluid borders, and unparalleled corporate profits. For its proponents, the global integration of states and their economies was a political and economic win that created a wealth of opportunities for workers and consumers around the world. But in the United States, jobs are disappearing. From construction zones to clerical offices to coal mines, the American working class is losing ground. Is globalization to blame? Did the push toward global integration leave our most...