tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post8444255234147017652..comments2023-10-20T05:51:51.625-04:00Comments on The THINK 3 INSTITUTE: It's Not Free Trade If You Can't Say NoSamuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-33840684664598154962009-02-06T08:06:00.000-05:002009-02-06T08:06:00.000-05:00Or maybe we should ship the conservatives and libe...Or maybe we should ship the conservatives and libertarians overseas and the rest of us socialize.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-34190926273437041932009-02-05T20:19:00.000-05:002009-02-05T20:19:00.000-05:00Part of the problem with free-trade ideology is th...Part of the problem with free-trade ideology is that it no longer has much to do with economic competition among nations. I don't think Adam Smith envisioned the international mobility of capital, or a scenario in which countries out-"compete" the U.S. not because they make things better than American industries, but because American industries have moved to those countries in order to make things cheaper than they can at home. Under current economic orthodoxy it's taboo to say that the jobs capitalists take to other countries belong to the U.S., but if people must work to live, then someone must have an obligation to create jobs. Since conservatives and libertarians dislike the idea of government creating jobs, they should insist on American entrepreneurs fulfill this obligation before people figure out other ways to provide for themselves.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-40354580855937902742009-02-05T08:29:00.000-05:002009-02-05T08:29:00.000-05:00Then the obvious answer is that profit must be sac...Then the obvious answer is that profit must be sacrificed so that Free Trade can endure <I>and</I> people can have jobs. At least from a patriotic point of view, that is the answer. But since those who insist most heavily on globalizing the world's economy only see individual governments as an impediment to their "initiative", they most certainly won't do the patriotic thing. As always, they will do what is best for themselves in the short term.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com