This was posted the other day but rubbed some people the wrong way because it's nakedly political (though I think it has a sound empirical basis): <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9500233" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9500233</a><p>It would be good if we could discuss it without it being flagged again. In the interests of political balance, I'd like to mention that I find Democratic hostility to free trade policy quite as benighted as GOP hostility to certain lines of economic inquiry.