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Yes but we have to decide if they are the only ones that matter.

Is it right, or wise in the long term, to use our position of power to stop the growth of wealth in non-developed countries? On the other hand, do we have any sort of obligation to elevate the standards of living of people in non-developed countries, especially when it may impact the standards of people living in our borders?

There is a moral question to be answered, especially given our purported system of values and the way in which the wealthy and wealthy countries came to be as such.

I'm not staking out a position or trying to shame anyone. I'm just saying I think it is the underlying question we should be thinking about to decide how we judge globalization and its effects.



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