On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 05:35:53PM -0700, Steve Schear wrote: > The direction of all recent administrations has been to expand > globalization (i.e., interdependency) thus increasing economic risks and > narrowing diplomatic choices. In the short term, and we have no idea what
When I speak of globalization, I mean removing barriers imposed by government to voluntary exchanges between consenting people. Sounds good to me. You seem to think of liberal global trade as a zero-sum game. This is an elementary error. Instead, liberal global trade is what economists would call an "expanding pie" where additional wealth is created. -Declan
