Conflicts

Beyond a point, how does one take a call on social and economic benefits?

In one country, children go to work on farms with their parents and it is considered good because the family trade is passed on from generation to generation. The country prospers and the practice is found acceptable. In another, it is considered bad because the child is deprived of a school education. Thus, we have several social groups encouraging parents to send their children to school and not work often in the family business.

In one country, outsourcing is considered bad because it threatens livelihoods of the local economy. In another country, people buy soft drinks at throwaway prices and not costly vegetables grown locally.

In one country, immigration is banned completely; yet in another, immigrants (illegal or otherwise) are known to have created some of worlds leading financial institutions.

In one country, free trade and movement of labour is banned. Yet, football is thriving because of nations from all over participating in European league football. This has benefited both the nation from which the footballers originate, and the European leagues.