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Doug Henwood & free trade



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.








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