The China Deal: If You Can't Sell It, Buy It

Barry Rene DeCicco bdecicco at umich.edu
Wed May 24 10:01:13 PDT 2000


From: Brad De Long <delong at econ.Berkeley.EDU>


>>So why are you surprised that, for practical political purposes,
>>support for free trade = suppport for shredding the social safety net?


>>Sincerely,


>>Barry DeCicco


>Because Bob Reich is a good friend of Bill Clinton, Bob Reich is a
>strong believer both in international economic integration and in
>domestic social democracy, and back in 1992 Bill Clinton's view of
>social and economic policy seemed to be identical to Bob Reich's--it
>was Reich who ran the economic policy part of the transition, after
>all...


>Brad DeLong

Which would have been good reason to think this way back in 1992. However, didn't Reich basically lose out to Rubin, over these issues? That's the way that I've heard it summed up.

Barry



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