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Christina Brown

@christinalbrown

Development and Labor Economist
Assistant Professor @UChi_Economics
@clbrown.bsky.social
Chicago, IL christinalbrown.com Joined March 2009
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Christina Brown @christinalbrown
People fundamentally do not understand how much the US benefits from low wages across the world. Manufacturing jobs in many countries we import from are $1/hour. ONE DOLLAR. They are an order of magnitude lower than our lowest state minimum wage.
David Bernstein Verified account @ProfDBernstein Apr 4, 2025
Why is MAGA pining for the days when people worked extremely dull and often dangerous jobs in steel mills, coal mines, etc.? Do we think people enjoyed standing on an assembly line for 8 hours a day? Sitting at an industrial sewing machine? Yes, some of these jobs were relatively well-paying, but that's because of specific economic and historical circumstances of the post-WWII era that aren't coming back. We could bring back, eg, garment jobs, sewing clothes for $10-$12 an hour, but who (other than illegal immigrants, a MAGA bugaboo) would want them?
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