Free Trade Makes You a Better Person [new The Good Life column]

The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe:

“I am quite the international trader, it turns out.

“Earlier today I put on my made-in-Argentina jacket and my new made-in-India shoes and got into my made-in-Japan truck. I stopped for gas at a British petroleum station and chatted with its owner, a guy from Mexico. To help pay for it all, I taught my first class of the day — on a French philosopher, using a text translated into English by a Polish-American and printed in Canada — to a group of students, one-third of whom are from foreign countries.

“Then it was mid-morning and I needed a coffee break. Italian roast with Arabica beans from Rwanda, thank you very much …” [Read more here.]

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Previous column in The Good Life series: Sex with Robots? The Ethics.

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