The idea that trade should be “free” of government involvement or simply made “fair” without concern for the outcome, implies that either trade is of too little consequence to require state supervision – a clearly disingenuous and thus untenable position, or that private “market” results will automatically provide the best outcome for society. It is this last notion about a benevolent “invisible hand” that has paralyzed U.S. policy. It is the wishful thinking of liberalism masquerading as theology. It has two basic tenets. First, the world is basically a harmonious place where conflict can be avoided by a mutually beneficial division of labor that integrates the world. Second, the division of labor can best be managed by private enterprise pursuing its own ends without being held accountable for any larger consequences. This paragraph basically explains the author's desire to live in an economy managed by the government for the benefit of all the people. This is a basic idea that is born of the elite upper class and is suggestive of socialism and its sister communism. The hint that free trade needs to be held accountable for the larger consequences of a society implies that someone must manage things for the little people. This is such bull I can't believe you think it will work here any better than it has in Cuba.
The hint that free trade needs to be held accountable for the larger consequences of a society implies that someone must manage things for the little people. This is such bull I can't believe you think it will work here any better than it has in Cuba. All I'm in favor of is going back to those policies the US pursued back in the 80s and before. They worked to create the largest middle class in the world.
Trading with third world countries isn't working, we're losing our jobs to them thanks to the cheap labor. I prefer to trade with those more on economic par with us. American workers deserve a level playing field. I see few companies outsourcing to Europe or Japan or Canada, why is that? It's all to India at the moment.