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The far greater
benefits
of free trade are much less obvious.
The
benefits
are shared among workers: Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers found that, on average, US export-intensive industries pay workers up to 18% more than non-exporting firms.
Moreover, trade also carries much broader
benefits
for society.
Of course, not everyone
benefits
from freer trade.
This indicates we should be willing to spend perhaps 20% of trade
benefits
on helping the losers from trade deals, through job training and transitional social-welfare
benefits
to ameliorate the risks.
But it also shows that 80% of the
benefits
stand – and 80% of $11 trillion is still a whopping $9 trillion in
benefits
to humanity – on top of a reduction in lower poverty, child mortality, and pollution, higher life expectancy, and less gender- and race-based discrimination.
What makes Project Siberia so efficient is that it
benefits
everyone.
If investors recognize the
benefits
of getting in on the ground floor of the new economy, they will be more likely to embrace the necessary changes, thereby helping to drive forward a critical climate transition.
Given this, despite the obvious security
benefits
of a peaceful South China Sea, the openness of sea-lanes there does not amount to a vital strategic interest of the US, Japan, or any other extra-regional power.
Developing countries' alleged gains from capital market liberalization have been widely discussed (although recent studies raise some doubts about these benefits).
Nevertheless, the global gains from allowing freer flows of unskilled labor (even temporarily), let alone the
benefits
to developing countries, far outweigh the
benefits
from capital market liberalization.
During World War I, on the other hand, Japan was blinded by its eagerness to protect small but immediate benefits, and failed to appreciate what a true "matter of national importance" was.
But empirical support for the
benefits
of capital-account liberalization is weak.
Even economists who find no evidence that capital-account liberalization boosts growth often feel obliged to stress that “further analysis” might at last reveal the
benefits
that free-market theory suggests must exist.
It is time to stop looking for these non-existent benefits, and to distinguish among different categories of capital flows.
By contrast, short-term capital flows, particularly if provided by banks that are themselves relying on short-term funding, can create instability risks, while bringing few
benefits.
Capital controls are invariably porous, and we cannot gain the
benefits
of free trade and FDI without creating some opportunities for short-term investor positioning.
A case can thus be made for capital-account liberalization that is based on the impossibility of effective control, not on any supposed
benefits.
That is why it is so vital to continue to support well-designed basic research, even in the absence of obvious
benefits
to society.
I would suggest several measures, both to reduce the risks of catastrophic feedback loops in the short term and to maximize the
benefits
of reform in the long term.
Up to now, Africa has missed out on the
benefits
of CDMs: to date, less than 2% of these projects take place in Africa, compared to 73% for Asia.
Indeed, Iran’s leaders, weighing the costs and benefits, have plenty of good reasons not to cross that red line.
Governments are right to worry about the fate of Chernobyl-affected territories, but the way forward will require fresh thinking and bold decisions, particularly a shift in priorities from paying paltry
benefits
to millions to targeted spending that helps to promote jobs and economic growth.
French taxpayers' money is better spent on temporary
benefits
for displaced workers than on subsidies to keep an unprofitable plant alive.
Even with a significant increase in tax revenue, such a high basic income would have to be packaged with gradual reductions in some existing public spending – for example, on unemployment benefits, education, health, transportation, and housing – to be fiscally feasible.
It would be more advisable to create a complementary active social policy that guides, to some extent, the use of the
benefits.
The challenge now – for the developed economies, at least – is to develop stronger and more streamlined social-solidarity systems, create room for more individual choice in the use of benefits, and make
benefits
portable.
The Inclusive Road to GrowthGENEVA – There is no bigger policy challenge preoccupying leaders around the world than meeting the need to expand participation in the
benefits
of economic growth and globalization.
They must offer voters a realistic economic program that is market-friendly and open to international trade, while promising tangible
benefits
to the poorer 60-70% of the population who are understandably frustrated with their lack of economic progress.
For example, rising food prices tend to hurt the poor, especially the urban poor, who spend a large share of their income on food; unlike agricultural workers, they receive none of the
benefits
of higher food prices.
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