A tríade também está em Wall Street

A tríade que povoa os media em Portugal faz parte deste grupo:

"Economists often suggest that the loss of jobs in U.S. manufacturing is simply the result of lower-wage labor in other countries and the inexorable impetus of automation as it eliminates employment in manufacturing just as it did a hundred years ago in agriculture. Nothing we can do. It’s just economics. [Moi ici: Muggles que só acreditam no eficientismo e nas folhas de excel pois tudo se resume ao preço mais baixo]
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The inconvenient truth here is that not all countries have been equally affected by automation and global wage disparities.
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Studies show that the USA lost proportionately more manufacturing jobs than comparable countries. For instance, between 2000 and 2009, U.S. lost 33% of its manufacturing jobs, while Germany only lost 11%. Why?
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Like the U.S., Germany has generally played by the rules of the global trade system. But unlike the U.S., many German firms are privately owned. [Moi ici: Gente com paciência estratégica]
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In effect, while Germany and Asian competitors were strengthening their capacity to compete, U.S. firms were focused on the short-term issue of maximizing the share price, at the expense of long-term competitiveness, and allowing the policy environment supporting the competitiveness of its manufacturing industries to wane."

Não se esqueçam, desde Pedro Ferraz da Costa num extremo até Francisco Louçã no outro extremo do espectro político, quase todos os comentadores e académicos em Portugal partilham da mesma cultura embora o manifestem de fora diferente. Um quer baixar salários e o outro quer sair do euro, outra forma de baixar salários.

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