EPI, Max and Free Trade

[Max Sawicky]

> While free trade can be awful for the reasons you
> name, it strikes me that most of the legislation offered as
"free trade"
> bills have very little to do with free trade. . . .

This was well-taken.  You could see 'takings' legislation
as a type of deregulation.  In both cases, democratic
prerogatives are reclassified as "rights" and vested
in property owners.

Alternatively, if free trade on the whole is viewed
in this vein, it is not inconsistent for really-
existing "free trade" to entail explicit subsidies
and support for narrow corporate interests.

mbs