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Doug Henwood & free trade
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- Subject: Doug Henwood & free trade
- From: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert
- Date: 3 Jan 2004 05:56:59 -0000
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I was reading through:
http://www.columbia.edu/~lnp3/mydocs/economics/LivingRoomHenwood
Also, when I saw Doug Henwood on NOW With Bill Moyers, he mentioned his
support of free trade.
>From what I understand, Amartya Sen and Robert Reich also support free trade.
This all confuses me. Is it that Doug Henwood (and presumably Amartya Sen and
Robert Reich) support a free trade which does not support the corporations?
How is it possible to negotiate a free trade agreement which does not make
corporations even more powerful and the white men who run them even more
wealthy?
I read the posting about the polls showing that most people in the world
support free trade. Is it that most of these people believe that they'll
benefit as much as the corporations they work for? Is it that people in these
polls equate "free trade" with "international solidarity" and thus explains
their support? Or perhaps that "free trade" is equated with "the American way
of life" (a desirable way of life) which has been exported world-wide?
My confusion is giving me a knot in my stomach.
Thanks for any enlightment on this issue.