Trade-related job losses are a tiny fraction of total labor-market churn: the US economy gross-creates and gross-destroys roughly seven to nine million jobs each quarter, so focusing policy on the small trade piece misunderstands the dynamism that ultimately benefits workers and their children.

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Speaker

Russ Roberts

Evidence Quote

there's an enormous churn of activity... and we focus on this one tiny piece of it the trade piece

Source

Mike Munger on Fair Trade and Free Trade 12/3/2007EconTalk
Created: 6/17/2026, 10:31:24 AM

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