ehhhh .... trade creates gains, and comparative advantage suggests that your neighbors are unlikely to have comparative advantage in 99% of the things that you buy, so buying locally doesn't enrich your neighbors OR you ; it just makes everyone poorerhttps://twitter.com/normonics/status/1326527560386285568 …
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Right. This is a "how much is good?" heuristic. Not a purity Law. Humans have been trading resources that cannot be produced locally since pre-history.
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also worth noting the the variety of "stuff" is related to our consumerist culture which was the premise of the original tweet quoted.
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I increasingly believe that the best justification for welfare systems is as a compensation for the negative externalities inherent in "broad benefits, concentrated costs".
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