tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post8971402990454020488..comments2023-11-19T20:38:50.237-08:00Comments on Economic Logic: Why it is foolish to tax outsourced goodsEconomic Logicianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10171296292101248614noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post-24972088064016894382009-10-15T15:25:56.028-07:002009-10-15T15:25:56.028-07:00Good point Tim. But I have yet to see such a count...Good point Tim. But I have yet to see such a country retaliate.Economic Logicianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171296292101248614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post-33933738765491996912009-10-15T08:34:39.970-07:002009-10-15T08:34:39.970-07:00"Usually, one outsources the production of la..."Usually, one outsources the production of labor-intensive goods, to import them for use in capital-intensive sectors,"<br /><br />Umm, exports are imports elsewhere and vice versa. So the country to which the labor-intensive work is outsourced could arguably be regarded as outsourcing their capital-intensive work.....Tim Worstallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161727860817121071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159906646513306121.post-887058466239371842009-10-15T08:21:35.973-07:002009-10-15T08:21:35.973-07:00This paper does not surprise me. There are a lot o...This paper does not surprise me. There are a lot of papers in trade theory that are just mathematical exercise, simple ones even, with no relevance whatsoever. They are just about covering yet another special sub-case of a theorem.VIlfredonoreply@blogger.com