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How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?

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689 points taubek | 3 comments | 09 Apr 25 12:58 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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marenkay ◴[10 Apr 25 03:26 UTC] No.43640314[source]▶
This makes a good argument against centralized production and knowledge. It would economically be much more reasonable if any good could be produced anywhere at any time. Smaller production facilities for localized sourcing. Would IMHO also be much more in line with a free market. Everyone would be free to source goods in any country or location of their choice. Coupled with open knowledge this could be a truly free market.

But will never happen because currently free market means one business is free to dominate and control a market.

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1. beeflet ◴[10 Apr 25 08:45 UTC] No.43642007[source]▶
It will never happen because of economies of scale.

What type of intervention of the free market do you approve of as an alternative that would incentivize local production over economies of scale? It essentially comes down to tarrifs and protectionism.

Free market means voluntarism. You say that consumers ought to have the freedom to source goods anywhere, but the only way to preserve this "freedom" is to either force producers to operate in unprofitable conditions (which is not stable-state) or force consumers to pay a premium for those goods.

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2. marenkay ◴[10 Apr 25 09:04 UTC] No.43642097[source]▶
If a product becomes unstable due to increased competition it's not exactly been stable before. Also the whole premium is quite off. You got good items for fair prices before factories started producing bread. Often at higher quality. I'm old enough to remember. Honestly seems like the current market is only working because of regulation and protections of all kinds. That to me is a clear sign of volatility.
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3. beeflet ◴[10 Apr 25 09:54 UTC] No.43642363[source]▶
what