The Free Trade Economics Question That Is Never Asked ... Who says we have to competel like this in a global ecnomic arena for the same  jobs in a global economic arena? Free trade economics remains the major cause of our economic and social crisis. Free trade is not trade as historically practiced and defined. The presidential debate Tuesday night failed to discuss the process that cost millions of americans to lose their jobs and businesses. It was not only the Rust Belt and the blue collar workers that took the hit. More than a million workers in the computer industry lost their jobs. Thousands of computer businesses had to close down with some being in business for many years including R&D systems. More than a hundred major computer manufacturers shut down too that were in production for many years.  Silicon Valley was hit hard.  Most full time workers lost their jobs as contract and temporary workers took over.  Those over 49 we put on the street because...