[Hoplite]

Free Trade = Marxisim.

Ronald Reagan and even Adam Smith himself were free trade advocates.

Ergo, either Reagan and Smith were Marxists, or your dilettantish offerings in the economic section of this marketplace of ideas are just as worthless as your foreign policy offerings.

[Destro]

Ronald Reagan: Trade Realist

[Destro]

Alan Tonelson asks: After all, why would capital markets steer money towards industries that seemed doomed to succumb to foreign mercantilism?

The answer is self evident: China overtakes United States as top destination for foreign investment "Meanwhile, foreign investment in the United States, traditionally the largest recipient of such money, plunged by 53 percent last year to reach 30 billion dollars, the lowest level in 12 years"