The headlines don’t read so blatantly, but the failure of the Doha round of the WTO talks essentially results in the above title. With the U.S. unwilling to work to eliminate farm subsidies and the European Union and the U.S. unwilling to open their markets to poorer countris, they have only perpetuated the protectionism and [...]
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Protectionism and Capitalism Win Smashing Victory Over Free Trade and Equal Opportunity.
July 24th, 2006
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The Role of the Critic (and an appropriate response)
June 24th, 2006
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Throughout history there have been those who argued against the status quo; who railed against the dominant paradigm; who were willing to point out that the emperor had no clothes. These range from Socrates, Isaiah and others anciently to Marx and Chomsky more recently to current political characters like Hugo Chavez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The [...]
Who's land is it?
June 5th, 2006
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Bolivia president Evo Morales announced that he has initiated a program fundamental to his victory in late 2005. He promised indigenous Bolivians that if elected, he would redistribute farm land to them. This weekend, the program got underway with Morales giving state-owned land to indigenous communities. Privately-owned, non-productive farm land is next.
The Split Between Democracy and Capitalism-Focal Point: Latin America
May 31st, 2006
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This is the outline of a speech I gave for a current events seminar. It’s somewhat rough, but gets out the ideas. I’m sure this will provide plenty for discussion and argument. Equal opportunity is the bedrock of freedom. This nation was established to preserve, protect, and ensure that opportunity. The United States (and the [...]
Competition v. Cooperation
April 8th, 2006
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I took a week-long break (if any one noticed). Another break is anticipated as I have three finals this week. This post is taken from one of my finals. Frank Knight wrote a piece in the Annals of America entitled The Ethics of Competition. Mr. Knight felt that competition could be replaced by cooperation as the [...]
Labor Questions ca. 1922–Have we answered them?
March 27th, 2006
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In the Annals of America Volume 14, I read a piece by Kirby Page entitled Labor Policies of the United States Steel Corporation. In this article originally published in the Atlantic Monthly, Page adresses the disparity between the pay for laborers and the profit for the company. Although he doesn’t address the risk factor that [...]
The battle between Labor and Capital: Workers' perspective
March 21st, 2006
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This manifesto was included in the Annals of America. Manifesto of the Industrial Workers of the World: As the weaknesses and failings and manipulation of industrial capitalism continued to be more apparent in the 1890’s and early 20th century, socialism and communism grew in strength as alternatives. Trade unions formed, based mainly on specific industries or [...]
