Marx on free trade

[Brad De Long]

>
>
>We've heard about the socialism/nationalism of fools.
>More to the point is that free trade ideology is
>the freedom of Capital.  Sort of like the little
>old lady who spoke at the Reform Party convention
>(she had been doing a walk across the U.S. on
>behalf of campaign finance reform).  She made a
>speech which began something like, "I'm here to
>reject the principle that money is speech and
>corporations are persons."
>
>mbs

I like labor standards and environmental standards when they are 
devices to induce progress in other countries. I don't like them when 
they are excuses for protection.

The line, I admit, is fine, and its location changes day by day...

Brad DeLong,
neoliberal scum
:-)