This has been true under Socialism, this is not a unique feature of capitalism and is more the result of having limited resources.
I fully agree TBH, but IMO this is more the result of bad government policy than trade itself. Also, what's wrong with brands.Living wise thousands of jobs being moved to 3rd world countries because it's cheaper to make in sweatshops and transport them. For example our clothes are being made to next to nothing and after they are transported to 1st world countries with "magic" of branding they slap their logo on and they suddenly worth alot of money.
Capitalism is not only about the carrot on a stick (it's part of it certainly), but more about producing an efficient allocation of resources. It's not 100% efficient and it's susceptible to a lot of errors, but I think it's the best we got.Granted we need Capitalism to provide the "carrot on a stick" and reward people for hard/smart work but we also need socialism in order to balance it out and provide jobs for people in order to work and homes for people to live in and to stop people from privatising everything especially human right needs like food/water/healthcare/education and infrastructure.
Scientists are not immune to normative beliefs and I'd argue their lack of understanding in the issues only makes them worse leaders.Me personally like the idea of a Science Directorate where Scientists are in charge over seeing politcal needs instead of the political elites screwing people over to line their pockets