Re: The Economy IS The Colateral Damage of War on Terrorism.

["Ian Murray" <seamus2001@xxxxxxxxx>]

Free trade is surely a contestable signifier:

Discussion Paper 1: Strategic Trade Policy Considered: National
Rivalry vs Free Trade vs International Competition, 1997.
Authors: Keith Cowling & Roger Sugden

< http://business.bham.ac.uk/business/papers/dp1.pdf >

Ian
----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Barkley Rosser, Jr." <rosserjb@xxxxxxx>
To: "Gunnar Tómasson" <gunnar.tomasson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Post Keynesian Thought" <pkt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: The Economy IS The Colateral Damage of War on Terrorism.


>      I would suggest that free trade should be
> kept distinct from free capital movements.
> The arguments for free trade remain fairly
> strong, and I would assert that the burden of
> proof is on those who favor protectionism in
> any particular case, with a strong case needing
> to be made.
>       Unfortunately, many so-called free trade
> agreements are really just stalking horses for
> agreements that involve opening up the capital
> accounts of countries for free capital movements.
> This is not the same as free trade, and there are
> many good reasons to be very skeptical about this.
> I am personally sympathetic with the stance of
> Jagdish Bhagwati of Columbia University who
> strongly supports free trade while supporting
> restrictions on capital movements.
> Barkley Rosser
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gunnar Tómasson" <gunnar.tomasson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "pdavidso" <pdavidso@xxxxxxx>; "Henry C.K. Liu"
<hliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <pkt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 8:01 PM
> Subject: Re: The Economy IS The Colateral Damage of War on
Terrorism.
>
>
> > Henry is right on target in this respect:
> >
> > "Free trade and market fundamentalism are conceptually flawed."
> >
> > As for his conclusion that
> >
> > "their supporters are also dishonest,"
> >
> > perhaps he did not factor 'dumb' into the equation.
> >
> > Gunnar
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "pdavidso" <pdavidso@xxxxxxx>
> > To: "Henry C.K. Liu" <hliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: <pkt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 4:41 PM
> > Subject: Re: The Economy IS The Colateral Damage of War on
Terrorism.
> >
> >
> > > >===== Original Message From "Henry C.K. Liu"
<hliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> =====
> > > >
> > >
> > > >Increasingly, free market globalization for the advanced
economies is
> > > >openly a game of head I win, tails you lose.
> > > >Free trade and market fundamentalism are not only conceptually
flawed,
> > > >their supporters are also dishonest.
> > >
> > >
> > > I tend to agree with most things Henry posts on the net -- but I
do not
> > think
> > > free traders-- at least the economists who advocate free trade
(I can
> not
> > > speak about the business community)-- are dishonest; I just
think they
> > worship
> > > a false god (model).
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > > Paul Davidson
> > > University of Tennessee
> > > SMC 523
> > > Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0550
> > > phone # (865)9744221; fax # (865)974-1686; email
pdavidson@xxxxxxx
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>