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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “free trade”

 

• Stark Protectionism

  
  Common Sense with Paul Jacob - Brought to You by Citizens in Charge Foundation — Authority: 108
  The markets of the ancient world were often sewn up by kings and courts and priesthoods. In Egypt or Assyria or Rome, you had to pay off a guild to practice a trade, at least if yours was a common craft, and even ask permission of the sovereign. Closed entry was the norm, and it certainly contributed to the age’s ...
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• The Anti-Dog-Eat-Dog Rule Is Alive And Well In Missouri

  
  Say Anything — Authority: 608
  Thank goodness the fine people of Missouri are being protected from excessive competition among moving companies . From the Pacific Legal Foundation : …it’s illegal to run a moving company without getting a state license, but when you apply for a license, the Department of Transportation notifies the existing ...
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• Shocker: Congress Can’t Even Run A Gift Shop Profitably

  
  Say Anything — Authority: 608
  Some 2 million people visit the US Capitol every year, yet despite all that foot traffic the two gift shops run by Congress to sell souvenirs and other items to those tourists are in the red . Both of the gift shops at the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) are losing money, despite the 2 million people who visit the ...
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• Decentralization Is The Only Plausible Economic Solution Left

  
  NOVAKEO.COM — Authority: 120
  When I first began the process of launching the Alternative Market Project, the idea and scope were rooted in analytical papers I had written years before on aspects of centralization versus decentralization, and globalization versus localization.  Back then, I saw these conflicting economic systems as mutually ...
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• Can You Arrest A Corporation?

  
  The Understory : Understory.RAN.org — Authority: 611
  Click for larger image There are some who say that corporations are people. So can you arrest one? Well, we’re going to find out. Right now, corporations technically have the same First Amendment rights as real live people (as ruled by the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC a year ago). So ...
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• Steve Bell on Ed Miliband and the trade unions - cartoon

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Ed Miliband is facing increasing criticism from union leaders over his stance on the public sector pay freeze
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• Heritage Foundations releases 2012 Index of Economic Freedom

  
  United Liberty - Free Market - Individual Liberty - Limited Government — Authority: 594
  On Thursday, the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal released the 2012 Index of Economic Freedom , an annual report on economic freedom across the globe that measures interventionist government policies and ranks countries accordingly. Ed Feulner, president of the Heritage Foundation, gives us an ...
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• Brazilian Company Awarded U.S. Defense Contract

  
  "Five Short Blasts" Forum — Authority: 101
  http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/31/us-embraer-brazil-usdefense-idUSTRE7BU03Y20111231 As reported in the above-linked article on Reuters this morning, Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer has been awarded a $355 million contract to provide small turbo-prop aircraft to the U.S. military.  I’m using this ...
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• Want Stimulus? How About Focusing on Foreign Direct Investment?

  
  Common Sense Capitalism — Authority: 114
  Foreign direct investment could definitely help our economy and create jobs. Heres a video I came across that demonstrates one way that can be helpful.
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• Mitt Romney: Corporate Welfareist

  
  United Liberty - Free Market - Individual Liberty - Limited Government — Authority: 594
  There is only one term, which is (and has proven over ages) “Too Big To Fail.” Liberty. Everything else, can- and should- be allowed to fail in a free market. Capitalism is based on profit. On risk. On investment. What tends to be overlooked, especially in this volatile era, is that capitalism is a sentiment, ...
  2 weeks ago

• India, EU firm up agenda for summit, discuss free trade

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Bangalore, Jan 16 (IANS) India and the European Union Monday held wide-ranging talks on trade and security issues to firm up the agenda for their summit next month.Catherine Ashton, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, said she was pleased with the progress of talks on an EU-India ...
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• Top EU official to visit India

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Brussels, Jan 15 (IANS) European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will visit India Monday-Tuesday and she is scheduled to meet External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, Defence Minister A.K. Antony and National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon.Ashton will co-chair the EU-India Ministerial Meeting and ...
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• “Junket John” Boehner Says, “Chinese Lobbyists Pay Me With GOOD Currency”

  
  Reconstitution 2.0 — Authority: 114
  As long as the lobbyists are paying and the alcohol is flowing, what could possibly be wrong? “Junket John” Boehner has always had a soft spot for companies that get rid of American jobs. After all, back in October of 2008, as the Republican Depression was gathering steam, Junket John proposed giving even more tax ...
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• Our Unwelcome Guest: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (El Universal, Venezuela)

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 650
  Venezuelan columnist Jose Toro Hardy is upset . Why? Because, according to him, President Hugo Chavez’ embrace of Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad not only puts Venezuelans at odds with almost the entire developed world, it goes against Venezuela’s historic strict adherence to neutrality when it comes to ...
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• Migration – a product of “Free Market” Reforms

  
  Talking Union — Authority: 416
  By Duane Campbell Labor journalist and photo journalist   David Bacon is a frequent contributor to Talking Union.  In a new three part series, “Migration- a product of Free Market Reforms” he describes the displacement of some 500,000 people from Oaxaca, Mexico.  Most to the fields of California. David ...
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• How, Exactly, Does Trade Bring Prosperity?

  
  Washington Policy Watch — Authority: 110
  From the Huffington Post | By Stand Sorscher, Labor Representative for SPEEA and EOI Board Member I work for a labor union in the aerospace industry. We are 100% in favor of trade. We make products the rest of the world wants to buy. With increased trade we expect more prosperity. Instead, we see the American ...
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• Cocooned in Lancashire Cotton Wool

  
  Contra Celsum — Authority: 115
  Troglodyte Reactionary Reflex Syndrome Mike Lee--Auckland Councillor, former Chair of the now defunct Regional Council, and left-wing true believer--has weighed in on the Ports of Auckland stoush.  His argument draws upon a spurious ideology and is parlous economic on fact.  Mike complains that competition ...
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• Obama to Consolidate Agencies?

  
  United Liberty - Free Market - Individual Liberty - Limited Government — Authority: 594
  Obama is really pulling out all the stops this year. I actually think he feels threatened by the Republicans, because he’s now looking at a plan to actually “shrink government” by consolidating agencies. From the Associated Press : WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama will ask Congress on Friday for ...
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• The free trade policy of the Liberal Party. A speech delivered at Pendleton, September 30, 1868

  
  Positive Liberty — Authority: 101
  The free trade policy of the Liberal Party. A speech delivered at Pendleton, September 30, 1868 This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, ...
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• Have the Super-Rich Seceded From the U.S.?

  
  Like The Dew — Authority: 121
  It was in 1993 during Congressional deliberation over the North American Free Trade Agreement. I was having lunch with a staffer for one of the rare Republican members of Congress who opposed the policy of so-called free trade. I distinctly remember something my colleague said: “The rich elites of this country have ...
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