An article for your information-- many of us have been saying for some time that 'free trade' will lead to global socialism-- here is an economist that says so as well:
The concept of the economic man who presumably always acts in his self-interest is a gross abstraction based on the flawed assumption of market participants acting with perfect and equal information and clear understanding of the implication of his actions. The pervasive use of these terms over time disguises the artificial system as the logical product of natural laws, rather than the conceptual components of the power politics of greed.
Just as monarchism first emerged as a progressive force against feudalism by rationalizing itself as a natural law of politics and eventually brought about its own demise by betraying its progressive mandate, social capitalism today places return on capital above not only the worker but also the welfare of the owner of capital. The class struggle has been internalized within each worker. As people facing the hard choice of survival in the present versus well-being in the future, they will always choose survival,
and social capitalism will inevitably go the way of absolute monarchism, and make way for humanist socialism.
Henry C K Liu is chairman of the New York-based Liu Investment Group.
The coming trade war and global depression