What would be a strong academic argument

[Boojatta]

23. Re "monopoly laws will prevent that"

2. His argument is monopoly laws will prevent that. Companies will have to compete for labor.

Some Marxist-Leninists have said that their economic plan will fail unless they can change the economic system of the whole world. Is your debating opponent also taking that kind of position, or is he proposing something that he thinks would be feasible in America if implemented only in America?

Also, is your debating opponent focus exclusively on jobs that cannot be moved offshore?

Consider wage levels in China at current exchange rates. I presume that the "monopoly" argument is that people can start companies in China and get all the employees they need by offering wages that are higher than the prevailing wages in China. Okay, if you can design and market products as successfully as Apple, then you have a business model. However, that's not a very interesting conclusion. If you want to provide manufacturing under contract to Apple, then how do you persuade Apple to pay you more than Apple is currently paying to Foxconn?