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  I keep thinking that there will be a limit on how far thinking people will go to turn a blind eye to the death and misery brought to us courtesy of so-called "free trade". But, lo and behold, every day brings new wonders at the capacity of our government, and its servants in the […]

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    You are going to see a lot of rubbish in the coming weeks about the virtues of yet another so-called "free trade" deal, this one with Colombia. It’s always interesting–mind-boggling and enraging as well–that proponents of so-called "free trade" spew a whole bunch of nonsense about the virtues of these deals and what we […]

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    Who knew, as I said a bit ago, that NAFTA was a bad thing? Well, aside from the pundits, economists and political elites, the people know. And here’s a small confirmation of the sentiment via Facebook. In an ABC News poll conducted on Facebook–yes, not scientifically accurate, perhaps, in terms of sampling–full 65 percent […]

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    Who knew, as I said a bit ago, that NAFTA was a bad thing? Well, aside from the pundits, economists and political elites, the people know. And here’s a small confirmation of the sentiment via Facebook. In an ABC News poll conducted on Facebook–yes, not scientifically accurate, perhaps, in terms of sampling–full 65 percent […]

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    So, it will be interesting to see how much trade really stays front-and-center once the politicians think it’s not something they have to talk about. But, we can still talk about trade on the Monday before tomorrow’s primary votes.     Though I’m not convinced that Barack Obama will be a big improvement on trade, […]

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    So, it will be interesting to see how much trade really stays front-and-center once the politicians think it’s not something they have to talk about. But, we can still talk about trade on the Monday before tomorrow’s primary votes.     Though I’m not convinced that Barack Obama will be a big improvement on trade, […]

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  Today, I have two very specific questions for Sens. Obama and Clinton that have nothing do with whether they would choose pearls over diamonds, what underwear they might don or how much they paid for a haircut but, rather, what they would do as president in handling trade around the globe. I hope these […]

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  Today, I have two very specific questions for Sens. Obama and Clinton that have nothing do with whether they would choose pearls over diamonds, what underwear they might don or how much they paid for a haircut but, rather, what they would do as president in handling trade around the globe. I hope these […]

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Yesterday, I wrote that neither Sens. Clinton nor Obama are reliable on the issues of trade. Today, there is a bit more evidence to support that notion. It would be helpful if partisans of both camps stop pointing fingers so that we can have a clear-headed debate about trade.   In today’s New York Times, […]

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Yesterday, I wrote that neither Sens. Clinton nor Obama are reliable on the issues of trade. Today, there is a bit more evidence to support that notion. It would be helpful if partisans of both camps stop pointing fingers so that we can have a clear-headed debate about trade.   In today’s New York Times, […]

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