Beware easy answers, Mr. Roell. Anyone can pander to sentiment to cloak the painful facts: in our case, that technology and automation are responsible for far more job loss than globalization. (Perhaps we should deport Silicon Valley.) And the nuanced facts: even when globalization is to blame, to undo it means not only bringing Carrier jobs back; it means twenty-five-dollar T-shirts at the clothing store. You can’t have one without the other, as you can’t have healthy food without a high price tag. But nuance is unwelcome in our political discourse. A consideration of the whole
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