Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Global Labor Arbitrage


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The result was Keep – PeaceNT 11:01, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Global Labor Arbitrage

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This article is mostly an attack on U.S. work visa programs. "Global Labor Arbitrage" is not a well known economic term, although it was used in a widely-circulated article on the anti-immigration site VDARE.com. Rhobite 13:35, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. Google hits show that the phrase "Global Labor Arbitrage" is fairly common, not just on the VDARE.com site.  Also 26 google scholar hits. AmitDeshwar 20:15, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep as above Johnbod 23:18, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Valid economic concept. --Infrangible 04:14, 20 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep The purpose of the article is to identify the different forms of Global Labor Arbitrage and to explain its underlying economic logic using the American labor market as an easy-to-comprehend example. The article is useful in that it ties together several individual subjects that are often treated separately and explains how they are all instances of a greater and more abstract economic concept.  The article may be admittedly raw and unrefined, but every article has to start somewhere.  I'm hoping that other people who are familiar with the concept will help to improve and to add to it and that I can work on it further the next time I have a day off.  Regarding the reference to an op-ed where nationally syndicated columnist and economist Paul Craig Roberts, Ph.D. (economics), makes use of the term, it should be noted that Dr. Roberts is not a mere unestablished two-bit commentator, but rather, the former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury of the United States (under the Reagan Administration).  Moreover, a Google search for "global labor arbitrage" returned 11,000 hits.  Furthermore, as the article revealed, the manifestations of global labor arbitrage are very well-known subjects, which means that people discuss the subject matter of global labor arbitrage profusely but often do not know to identify it as a component of a more abstract and lesser known economic concept.  Likewise, people might discuss the merits of international trade without understanding or ever having heard of the concept of comparative advantage, but, as I understand it, that fact does not render "comparative advantage" as inappropriate subject matter for the Wikipedia.  Rhobite, regarding the "attack on U.S. work visa programs", does merely describing the effects of an economic policy constitute a a hate-filled attack?  Do you take issue with the truthfulness and accuracy of that content?  What, specifically, did you find to be inaccurate or false?  I'm pretty sure I can find references and examples, such as case of the Florida computer programmer who tried to run for Congress. WhipperSnapper 14:49, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.