Kantor said:
Capitalism. One man's profit is, by very definition, another man's loss. That said, America and China are both doing relatively well now, and if one's economy went up, so would the other's, since they are respectively the largest importers and exporters in the world. |
That's the view of 'realism,' and not really anything to do with capitalism. Lots of people who consider themselves capitalists will tell you that greater prosperity for all can be had by trading goods between countries which have a comparitive advantage in producing different goods.
For example, Canada has a comparitive advantage in producing raw materials thanks to all our land, while China has a comparitive advantage in processing those raw materials into goods thanks to their abundant labour. More goods can be made at a lower price by shipping our resources to be processed by their labour than could be made if Chinese labour only worked with Chinese resources and only Canadian labour worked with Canadian resources.
It may seem like it sometimes, but economics isn't actually a zero-sum game.
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