Is trade the problem

April 27, 2008
NY Times
Editorial

This article discusses the thought that the reason for our floundering economic situation is the increase in international trade. The author does not believe that this is the case. They explain that though a lot of our coporations are begining to go international and hence decreasing the jobs in the united states because we arent opening as many on the homefront may have a little to do with it, but is by no means the largest reason. The author says that though this may be an issue of large concern for the presidential hopefulls, there are more reasons then just trade. They explain that increases in technology and decreases in the amount of people who are graduating college. With the changes in these variables, it brings about more people who can only do lower income jobs, and for most of those jobs technology can do them at a less expensive rate then people. I think the article did a good job backing up the claim that the trade is not the only reason for the economic problems. The author did a good job explaining the situation and the backround for the situation. They ddint use big words that could get in the way and confuse the readers that are unknowledgable about the issue. This is an article anyone with some form of idea of the situation we are in economically can understand.