A bit ago I remember it was popular in the economics podcasting space to say that globalization failed, but I wonder by what metric, like no the world is not perfect but maybe it’s better?<p>I think this is true when we I hear like “democracy failed” or “liberalism failed”. But it always feel like there’s also a not so subtle acknowledgement that the opposite is worse. “Sure there’s been no world wars in 70 years, but China grumbles some times so, everything is a failure”<p>Like utopia can’t be the yardstick.<p>We should strive for constant improvement. Maybe there are techniques like targeted tariffs to fix some of these problems, but complete de globalization doesn’t feel like the answer.