What’s behind the revolt against global integration? [STOPPING THE "ELITES"]

Washington Post ^ | April 10 | Lawrence Summers

[expat_panama]

Since the end of World War II, a broad consensus in support of global economic integration as a force for peace and prosperity has been a pillar of the international order. From global trade agreements to the European Union project; from the work of the Bretton Woods institutions to the removal of pervasive capital controls; from the vast expansion in foreign direct investment to major increases in the flow of people across borders, the overall direction has been ...

...more successful than could reasonably have been hoped. We have not had a war between major powers. Global standards of living have risen faster than at any point in history. And material progress has coincided with even more rapid progress in combating hunger, empowering women, promoting literacy and extending life. A world that will have more smartphones than adults within a few years is a world in which more is possible for more people than ever before.

...Yet a revolt against global integration is underway...

...One substantial part of what is behind the resistance is a lack of knowledge...

...The core of the revolt against global integration, though, is not ignorance. It is a sense — unfortunately not wholly unwarranted — that it is a project being carried out by elites for elites...

...Elites can continue on the current path of pursuing integration projects and defending existing integration, hoping to win enough popular suppor...

...Much more promising is this idea: The promotion of global integration can become a bottom-up rather than a top-down project. The emphasis can shift from promoting integration to managing its consequences. This would mean a shift from international trade agreements to international harmonization agreements, whereby issues such as labor rights and environmental protection would be central, while issues related to empowering foreign producers would be secondary...

[expat_panama]

This article is absolutely nothing but pure lies!!! Everyone knows that everyone in the U.S. is worse off than we were at the end of WWII and that every single last one of our jobs have been shipped to Mexico while the entire Mexican workforce has poured in across our totally open borders and taken up all the jobs in America!!!!

Doesn't that make sense?

[grey_whiskers]

IIRC, at the time, Summers was the youngest person ever to receive a PhD from Harvard.

Later the President of Harvard, he made the mistake of intimating that there were real, non-cultural differences in the innate mathematical abilities of men and women, and the feminazis tossed him out on his white-cis-het-privileged ass.

[expat_panama]

 

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It's a beautiful morning campers --the sun is shining, investment price trends are on a roll, and today's futures guarantee more  of the same for both stocks and metals!  No econ reports today but the week ahead looks "adventurous" w/ plenty of beans to count for inflation, sales, production, the Fed,  --we got something for the whole family. 

News to go w/ our morning coffee:

If It's About Tax Fairness, Rich Pay Way Too Much - Kevin Williamson, NR
Obama's Implicit Message To Taxpayer: 'I Own You' - John Tamny, Forbes
Should Companies Seek Overseas Tax Cuts? - Boychuk & Mathis, Tribune
Do We Even Own Things Anymore? - Glenn Harlan Reynolds, USA Today
Here's Why It's Time to Sell This Market Rally - Jeff Bartash, MarketWatch
Look to Wall Street To Find Out Our Next Pres. - Jonathon Trugman, NYP
ACA Will Cost $136B More, but Cover Fewer People - Editorial, Investor's
West's Central Banks Ignore Economic History - Liam Halligan, Telegraph
Fed's Clock Just Struck Thirteen - Tad Rivelle, Trust Company of the West
How Fracking Shrinks Greenhouse Gases - Steve Moore, Washington Times

[central_va]

Global standards of living have risen faster than at any point in history.

So what, I do not care about the rest of the world's standards of living. I only care about the standard of living in the United States. I am not a citizen of the world. Most of the world seems to hate Americans and the feeling is mutual.

This condescending pr!ck thinks protectionists are ignorant but it is the gloBULList quislings that looks at the US economy and standard of living which has been falling for the 99% since NAFTA first reared it's ugly head and call this sustainable are myopic fools.

[central_va]

We are going into unsustainable debt propping up the rest of the words’ economies you fool. At the same time we are losing out manufacturing base and technical knowhow. All unsustainable. But the Free Traitor™ being “citizens of the World” never seem to care .

[expat_panama]

...real, non-cultural differences in the innate mathematical abilities of men and women...

Men and women are different?  I'm shocked   Shocked!

 

[virgil]

Countries used to declare war when they were invaded. Used to be masses of people coming over a national border without permission would be blown to smithereens. Mexico is a rotten neighbor. It should be considered an aggressor nation.

[expat_panama]

Mexico is a rotten neighbor.

Yeah, and their barking dog and their kids always crossing our lawn. 

Seriously, why not hate the Canadians more?  I mean historically there never were provinces of Canada that left Canada and became U.S. states, there was never a chunk of Canadian land that the U.S. ever felt like buying, but we paid hard money for Mexican land and we welcomed several states that moved here.

The U.S. LOVES Mexico. We need to hate the Canadians.

[Will88]

Can anyone name a US politician who ever ran for Congress or the presidency advocating “global integration”.

[Tallguy]

I think we took a slice of Washington State and a good bit of what became Maine from Canada. So the analogy doesn’t exactly hold, but I take your point.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Go back to sleep, Larry.

[Cronos]

you can't compare the state of USA's industry in 1945 to the rest of the world at that time to the state of the USA v/s the rest in 2016

In 1945, the US was the only industrialized large country left undestroyed - the UK, England, France, Germany, Netherlands, Japan were destroyed and China, India, S Korea, SE Asia etc. were still desperately poor agricultural countries

The US had no competition in the late 40s or the 50s -- the USSR did have it's rapid industrialization, but that was still from a practically zero base.

From the late 50s through the 60s and 70s, Western Europe blossomed -- the miracle thanks to the Marshall plan. Ditto for Japan from the 60s to the 80s

Korea blossomed along with Taiwan and Singapore and Hong Kong from the 70s to the 90s (and now is a first world nation)

But American dominance was crushed by the populous nations of JApan, Germany and then CHina and India industrializing and moving away from socialism

This would have happened no matter what -- the 1950s are not coming back.

[Cronos]

well, the Mexican government allowed foreigners to freely move in in 1821 and Americans moved in — such that by 1830, Secretary of State Lucas Alamán, who wrote the 1830 law, said that “Texas will be lost for this Republic if adequate measures to save it are not taken. ... Where others send invading armies ... [the Americans] send their colonists”

[central_va]

Korea blossomed along with Taiwan and Singapore and Hong Kong from the 70s to the 90s (and now is a first world nation)

Bull crap. We built those factories for those dung burning hooch dwellers and gave them the keys. Asia was never an industrial power house and except for Japan Asia completely missed the industrial revolution of the 19th century. The Free Traitor™ glowBULLists gave away the store for nothing. That is what happened. Blossomed my ass.

[expat_panama]

That be true. Back in '92 Clinton got thundering applause saying "Bush created lots of jobs, in Mexico! Right after he gets elected he signs NAFTA. This is why I got to take Cruz' "me too" bit w/ a grain o' salt.

[patriot08]

The average American hasn’t a CLUE how much of our tax money Obama has sent down Muslim sh*t holes- or his plan to colonize America with Muslims to overthrow our system of government.

Do you really think the slimy Canadian LAWYER will do anything about all this? He sold his soul to the establishment. It would be 'business as usual' if he were elected.

Donald understands this and WILL do something about it.

BILLIONS FOR JIHAD! Obamas 2009 Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Pandemic Flu was revised and passed by the full committee. It gives billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars to countries and entities that support Sharia law and/or harbor, hide and support those who want to destroy the U.S. and our allies. http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2009/05/1...

Read the summary from David Obeys office that was quietly released last week with nary a word from any media.

$3.6 BILLION matching the request, to expand and improve capabilities of the Afghan security forces

$400 MILLION, as requested, to build the counterinsurgency capabilities of the Pakistani security forces

AFGHANISTAN: $1.52 BILLION, $86 MILLION above the request WEST BANK AND GAZA: $665 MILLION in bilateral economic, humanitarian, and security assistance for the West Bank and Gaza

JORDAN: $250 million,$250 million above the request, including $100 million for economic and $150 million for security assistance

EGYPT $310 million above the request, including $50 million for economic assistance,$50 million for border security, and $260 million for security assistance

PAKISTAN,$591 million above the request

IRAQ:$968 MILLION,$336 million above the request

Oversight: $20 million,$13 million above the request, to expand oversight capacity of the State Department, USAID, and the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan to review programs in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq

Lebanon:$74 million

International Food Assistance:$500 MILLION $ 200 million above the request, for PL 480 international food assistance to alleviate suffering during the global economic crisis

REFUGEE ASSISTANCE:$343 MILLION,$50 million above the request, including humanitarian assistance for Gaza.

Funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency programs in the West Bank and Gaza is limited to $119 million (Note: Gaza = Hamas)

Disaster Assistance: $200 MILLION to avert famines and provide life-saving assistance during natural disasters and for internally displaced people around the world, including Somalia, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, the Middle East and South Asia

Department of Justice: $17 million, matching the request, for counter-terrorism activities and to provide training and assistance for the Iraqi criminal justice system

OBAMA GIVES YOUR TAX DOLLARS TO REBUILD MUSLIM MOSQUES AROUND THE WORLD! http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/... #

Obama Invites 80,000 Muslim Immigrants Into the United States – Promises 100,000/Per Year for Next 5 Years

https://shariaunveiled.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/obama-allows-80000-muslim-immigrants-into-the-united-states/

(if any of these articles/links have 'mysteriously disappeared', try Googling them)

[To Hell With Poverty]

I second your points. And I would argue that, materially, we are better off than that time as well, if one is looking at it from a strictly materialist perspective.

However, our populace has become completely dispirited. A large portion of that material wellbeing is propped up by welfare. Culturally and morally we are in the pits. If there is not a shift back towards traditional American ingenuity and know-how, there is going to be a continued downward projection. See how quickly our working and middle classes are being picked off one by one as drugs and promiscuity replace decent blue collar jobs and a sense of responsibilty. There is simply no place in society for a large number of millenials who don’t have what it takes to be upper level managers, designers, lawyers, etc.

And I believe that is part of the plan of the elites who are currently in power. De-industrialization of the US and contraction of the average American lifestyle in the name of “fairness”.

[To Hell With Poverty]

and the feminazis tossed him out on his white-cis-het-privileged ass.

I'll always give him a little slack for that one reason, lol.

[To Hell With Poverty]

Also, this would probably stop future development in China dead in its tracks:

This would mean a shift from international trade agreements to international harmonization agreements, whereby issues such as labor rights and environmental protection would be central, while issues related to empowering foreign producers would be secondary...

Typical progressive. Come up with a new bone-headed, meddling policy in an attempt to fix the results of the original bone-headed, meddling policy.

[expat_panama]

I think we took a slice of Washington State and a good bit of what became Maine from Canada.

Naw, we had the old "54 40' or fight" slogan was for getting all of the Louisiana Purchase that we paid France for but it never got anywhere.  Back in the 1700's Maine was part of "Boston" and Canada was the 14th colony.  We tried to invade Canada twice, the first time Gen. Benedict Arnold flubbed it and the second time ended w/ the Canadians burning Washington DC.

Canada's always been a thorn in our side.

 

[note to Canadian freepers --please don't take me seriously 'cause I got a bunch of Canadian grandkids I still want to visit.]