An idea from On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation

None of this is a case for banning machines. Refuse them, and capital moves abroad, where it hires no one at home. You would end up trading goods that cost you 2 days of labour for goods that cost your neighbours 1, because they used the machines you turned down.

From On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation by David Ricardo

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