Globalization, Income, and Income Inequality :
"Incomes of low-skilled workers may rise, but incomes of skilled workers rise a lot faster."
My question is this. Assuming that this rise in incomes is due, in some part, to "globalization," are people suggesting that we should adopt trade policies that make people poorer but more equal? It doesn't surprise me that, all else equal, people would favor policies that promote equality. But to me, criticisms of globalization for making everyone better off, but helping the rich more than the poor, miss a very important point: poor people are now less poor.
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