We’re getting our clocks cleaned in global trade deals. Yet when you watch the Olympics, we don’t seem like some sad-sack country in terminal decline. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMoreover, America doesn’t win because we have better athletes (talent must be distributed equally). Advertisement Continue reading the main storyIn fact, America succeeds in global trade about as well as at the Olympics. Global trade is not zero-sum.

Source: New York Times August 19, 2016 07:21 UTC