Thursday, June 2, 2016

James Carden — Trump, Trade and War

Neoliberal dogma holds that “free trade” brings peace and thus Donald Trump’s criticism of trade deals presages war. But that view is not only bad history but ignores valid points that Trump raises, says James W. Carden….
Consortium News
Trump, Trade and War
James Carden

2 comments:

Andrew Anderson said...

Free trade got a huge boost during the 1960's when American carmakers and Big Labor took advantage of their power and import restrictions to together loot the American people by foisting crappy cars on them. Remember "Planned Obsolescence" and cars that fell apart by 60,000 miles?

Peter Pan said...

There was a shift to unibody construction. Coincidence?