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If a carpenter were provided with all his tools and plenty of wood but never did any carpentry, could he be said to benefit from their possession?

Not at all, he said.

Well then, if a man had money and all the good things we were mentioning just now but made no use of them, would he be happy as a result of having these good things?

Clearly not, Socrates.

So it seems, I said, that the man who means to be happy must not only have such goods but must use them too, or else there is no advantage in having them.

You are right.

Then are these two things, the possession of good things and the use of them, enough to make a man happy, Clinias?

They seem so to me, at any rate.

If, I said, he uses them rightly, or if he does not?

If he uses them rightly.

Well spoken, I said. Now I suppose there is more harm done if someone uses a thing wrongly than if he lets it alone—in the first instance there is evil, but in the second neither evil nor good. Or isn’t this what we maintain?

He agreed that it was.

Then what comes next? In working and using wood there is surely nothing else that brings about right use except the knowledge of carpentry, is there?

Certainly not.

And, again, I suppose that in making utensils, it is knowledge that produces the right method.

He agreed.

And also, I said, with regard to using the goods we mentioned first—wealth and health and beauty—was it knowledge that ruled and directed our conduct in relation to the right use of all such things as these, or some other thing?

It was knowledge, he said.

Then knowledge seems to provide men not only with good fortune but also with well-doing, in every case of possession or action.

He agreed.

Then in heaven’s name, I said, is there any advantage in other possessions without good sense and wisdom? Would a man with no sense profit more if he possessed and did much or if he possessed and did little? Look at it this way: if he did less, would he not make fewer mistakes; and if he made fewer mistakes, would he not do less badly, and if he did less badly, would he not be less miserable?

Yes, indeed, he said.

And in which case would one do less, if one were poor or if one were rich?

Poor, he said.

And if one were weak or strong?

Weak.

If one were held in honor or in dishonor?

In dishonor.

And if one were brave and self-controlled would one do less, or if one were a coward?

A coward.

Then the same would be true if one were lazy rather than industrious?

He agreed.

And slow rather than quick, and dull of sight and hearing rather than keen?

We agreed with each other on all points of this sort.

So, to sum up, Clinias, I said, it seems likely that with respect to all the things we called good in the beginning, the correct account is not that in themselves they are good by nature, but rather as follows: if ignorance controls them, they are greater evils than their opposites, to the extent that they are more capable of complying with a bad master; but if good sense and wisdom are in control, they are greater goods. In themselves, however, neither sort is of any value.

But what is the goal of a tariff regime? The goal is simple—we already covered it.

At the level of the nation as firm, trade policy works in two ways. First, the nation turns a profit, which is good for its international position—and, more important, an exercise that helps keep the whole nation in efficient, profitable shape. Second, the nation preserves and enhances its human capital, its physical capital, and its intellectual capital, by demanding labor from its citizens. Value of the assets.

China sends huge quantities of products to America and in return receives pieces of green paper. The pieces of green paper are not the primary benefit to China. In fact, if America disappeared into the sea, the Chinese government might rationally choose to simulate America—producing the same amount of stuff, dumping it into the Pacific, and paying the factories with the same pieces of paper. Why? Because its assets are the Chinese people, and working hard technology is good for the Chinese people.

Just as exercise is good for a person, the exercise of production is good for people, for teams, and for societies. Especially in the age of AI, the primary function of the state will be the conservation and production of labor demand. When humans do not need to work, they need to be made to work—on tasks which fit their skills and aptitudes. Contrary to 20thcentury dogma, skills and aptitudes are not infinitely adjustable.