From: Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [PEN-L:24485] Re: Nader
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 19:59:44 -0800
Jim's Thurmon Arnold comparison is very apt.
On Sat, Mar 30, 2002 at 07:51:50PM -0800, Devine, James wrote:
> [was: RE: [PEN-L:24482] Re: FW: Krugman]
>
> Sabri asks: >Here is a question to our American friends: Is Ralph Nader
is a
> leftist?<
>
> it's a matter of definition and political definitions are not only hard
to
> make but are political footballs.
>
> Nader is sort of a New Deal (FDR) liberal who used to believe in
competitive
> markets, anti-trust, and some kinds of deregulation (e.g., breaking up
the
> Civil Aeronautics Administration and the Interstate Commerce Commission,
the
> old government cartels in airlines and ground transport). He's been
moving
> away from this for awhile, seemingly in the direction of those on this
list.
> I'll have to read his book to find out more. JD
>
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