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Free trade isn't the problem | 75 comments (75 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Free trade isn't the problem (none / 1)

It's not an original idea: I got it from reading cryptoconservative Paul Craig Roberts on radical left website Counterpunch. If MarekNYC were still around he'd lambast me for listening to the former and reading the latter.

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Nov 20th, 2007 at 10:27:16 AM EST
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Re: Free trade isn't the problem (4.00 / 2)

Yeah, he would. But Roberts is not stupid, and counterpunch is a good source in many ways. Great mistake to limit your view to the home street.
I subscribe.

Capitalism searches out the darkest corners of human potential, and mainlines them.

by geezer in Paris (risico at wanadoo(flypoop)fr) on Tue Nov 20th, 2007 at 11:18:06 AM EST
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I still recall it. The one article dissecting job creation in the US by sectors of economical activity in the model economy.

by findmeaDoorIntoSummer on Tue Nov 20th, 2007 at 12:43:29 PM EST
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It's not the only Counterpunch article by Roberts on the difference between comparative and absolute advantage. Just the top google hit.

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Nov 20th, 2007 at 01:17:46 PM EST
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I'm almost certain I read it originally at Lewrockwell, but I cannot find the link. Maybe it is under a diferent title.
They may be anti-state, while we are defenders of a intervening state, but we can find interesting ideas almost everywhere.

by findmeaDoorIntoSummer on Tue Nov 20th, 2007 at 04:26:30 PM EST
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