Bhagwati says "Unions in poor countries face a lose-lose situation". Higher standards are apt to raise the poorer nations" costs of production, crippling those nations" competitiveness. If the standards are not implemented, those nations" exports are punished with sanctions. So for the unions in rich countries, the moralization of trade is win-win. Time was, protectionists were mostly on the right, protecting corporations in the name of nationalism. Now most are on the left, where the vocabulary of victimization prevails. The left"s agenda—expanding government at the expense of markets in the allocation of wealth and opportunity— makes economic autarky a temptation. The same mind-set also opposes challenges to government monopolies such as public education and Social Security.