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Free Trade and Unrestricted Capital Flow: How Billionaires Get Rich and Destroy the Rest of Us
The bottom line is simple: A u201cfree tradeu201d system is a regime in which capital always wins, everywhere.
TransPacific Partnership Will Undermine Democracy, Empower Transnational Corporations
Democratic values could be under threat if President Obama fast tracks the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
“Everyone but China” Agreement Prevents Regulation of Hot Money and Speculation
International relations scholar Kevin Gallagher: Trans-Pacific Partnership threatens national sovereignty, extends corporate rights, and targets China
NAFTA at 20: The New Spin
In essence, NAFTA advocates have been reduced to saying: 'so maybe NAFTA didn't help Mexico reduce poverty or increase wages. But hey! At least it gave it Walmart, Costcos, …
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Free Trade Economics 101
Fix the Trade Deficit, Fix the Economy
Yet another report is out showing how the trade deficit is costing us millions of jobs and hurting our economy.
The Betrayal of America’s Middle Class Was a Choice, Not an Accident
The outsourcing of good jobs, the elimination of pensions, rampant home foreclosures; skyrocketing higher education costs and mounting debt: Given these stark realities, the American middle class seems to …
Is Full Employment Possible in the Era of Globalization?
The global "army of the unemployed" weakened American labor, but tariffs are not a solution - a mass mobilization is needed.
Trade in Health Care: When “Free Traders” Become Protectionists
If the free traders understood economics, they would be outraged by the enormous gap between the cost of health care in the United States and the cost in other …