[Pen-l] CounterPunch, the most widely read radical website in the English language

[Charlie <charles1848@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So claims the headline on their full-page ad in the Nation. Here is an 
item from the website:

"GM, Ford and Chrysler still carry significant cost disadvantages 
against Toyota plants located in the United States, thanks to clumsy 
management and unrealistic wages, excessive fringe benefits and arcane 
work rules imposed by United Autoworker contracts."
--"The Big Drag," Peter Morici, CounterPunch, December 11, 2008

Actually, this item is an example of the strength and weakness of 
CounterPoint. In addition to denouncing a decent standard of living as 
unrealistic, Morici relates a startling and rarely seen comparison: "In 
2008 the Chinese government is on track to purchase about $685 billion 
in foreign currencies. This comes to about 18 percent of China's GDP and 
about 46 percent of its exports of goods and services."

CounterPunch does not have comments and does not encourage debate among 
its contributors, although their viewpoints are all over the map.

Charles Andrews

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