The China Deal: If You Can't Sell It, Buy It

[Lisa & Ian Murray]

Doug H.> It is in part. But what I really want to challenge is the idea,
common on the left, that trade is a zero-sum game.
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The lack of adequate global environmental metrics to complement the current
accounting mechanisms make claims of zero-sum or non-zero sum extremely
problematic.  Also, it may be the case that some are thinking in terms of
the distribution of power that defines the terms of trade as zero-sum in the
way Dems.-Repugs. vying over seats in Congress is zero-sum until population
dynamics creates the need for more seats in the House; the Senate is
zero-sum.

Ian