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This book examines the notion of "free trade" and the issues raised by adopting the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Essays by Ralph Nader, Jerry Brown, William Greider, Margaret Atwood, Mark Ritchie, Wendell Berry, Pat Choate, and others.
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4 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
 Laissez-Faire-Fairy, 2006-05-17
The case against free trade written by 19 objective essays is the real consequense of free trade.This book will give you all you need to stop free trade by voting out those who support it.Published 1993 it still is the essense,CAFTA has been added,but is it under review.Fast tracting is suppose to be stopped will it be.
It has been disclosed by rumor that the fairy is a Rat in disquise.This has not been substantiated by our source,but we will keep an open mind.
Free trade in nothing but a monopoly which is international.The coporat want Democratic socailism for them but not for you.They fix prices,they make all countries to play under same rules.They reduce the food standard,milk for babies in all countries will be the same,and this is endless and we will go to hell.The world will be the same all third world.Think.
We are living in historic times if we do not take america back in 2006,2008 we will no longer have a nation HR4437.Without guts you will cease to exist Free trade and immigration will break our nation,never to be fixed again.Our death for the lack of guts.Are we going to let old men and women make the last stand,and then deny we are responsible.Are we that corrupt??????? And weak????????...................................
The following is for morons eyes only.GATT General agreement on teriff and trade.NAFTA North american free trade agreement.New CAFTA Central american free trade agreement.Fast tract.Page 53 The fast tract approval process limits congress ability to scrutinize and modify trade agreements.Thus under fast tract procedure no impliment to the implimenting legislation or the trade agreement are permitted,debate in either house is limited to not more than 20 hours,and a floor vote must be taken within 60 to 90 days of the submission of the agreement to congress.In other words,the implimenting legislation must be adopted by yes or no vote within60 to 90 days legislative days of it submission by the president.Will it be repeal.What kind of congress would allow this.?????????????
Page 1 The forture 200's GATT and NAFTA would make the air you breath dirtier and the water you drink more polluted.It would cost jobs,depress wages levels,and make work place less safe.It would destroy family farms and undermine cosumer protections such as those ensuring that the food you eat is not compromised by unsanitary conditions or higher levels of pesticides and perservatives.
Page164 One reason for the decline of grain farming was the importation of grain into Rome from the rich grain lands of sicily and EgyptIn sicily these grain land lands had been appropriated by rich men and scheming politicians who farm them with slave labor.As a result the markets of Rome were flooded with cheap grain.Grain became so cheap that the farmers who still owned small pieces of land could not get enough money for the grain they raised to support their familes and pay their taxes.They were forced to to turn their farms over to rich landowners.On the land of Italy slave gangs working under overseers took the place of the old Roman farmer,the very backbone of the state,etc EMINENT DOMAIN,DEPRESSION,POPULACE MOVEMENT US 1930ties and before.Federal Reserve UNCONSTITUTIONAL .Recession ,depression.inflation,International Bankers they are the fairy
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CURRENCY Manipulation,FIAT money,WORTHLESS.GOLD who controls it.
Devaluation of the coin,etc.Shares,bonds, mutual funds,a JOKE on you it is taking you down with cridit cards included yes,yes,yes.Have you seen the light MORON vote them out.DEFICIT,INTEREST RATE MORON.COMPOUNDED FOREVER ROME again.
One hundred people cannot compete with one 1,000 people on a equal basis.China and India will eat us alive until we are no more.A child can understand the equation.You cannot have equal trading,if you do, you go down the tubes.Like immigration they will kill us as a nation and all of the western world.France is more DEMOCRATIC than US.Strong UNIONS,REAGAN took them out in U.S. along with his coporat friends,and supporters.Cheap labor SHEEP,brainwished,the computer mind cannot think BRAINWASHED.NO wonder the MORONS are DIStracted, computer high tec gratification,no outside world.Canot analylize,or otherwise.This is what your education has done along with the FAIRY,you cannot think just like a ROBOT MORON
Free trade and population go together over population,Profit for excess population, and power by reducing power of individual.Devalue the individual,and make him a slave,no representation.Over population is the greatest threat to mankind.Yes global warming,necleur War is with us also.The more sheep you have the more profit you make,but at a point there are to many, over production,so you have a war or bird flu to reduce and distract them from voting,or you create fear of some evil attact,You say they are not democratic if they do not play your game.30 percent live by these ends,but pretend to be true americans, they wear flags on their coats,and other places were the sun does not shine.They love us.TAKE AMERICA BACK,VOTE THEM OUT.The sellout on free trade,immigration.TAKE AMERICA BACK.
The supreme court,senate congress,electric voting,not accountable.Congress has allowed the country to become totally corrupt.It has not enforced the law of the U.S.How can you forgive them.If they do not get their act together and vote right vote them out,out,out,send them to the moon the alians are waiting,mars too.
Democratic socialism as in France would be a good start. The international bankers,and other coporat hate FRANCE,WHY.????????
WE no the NWO is at hand,no nations, just slaves.War,death,over population,hunger,Fear,class struggle,greed,hate,DECEPTION this is the good life for desert NUCLEUR WAR,for oil,and international bankers.OIL,OIL,OIL= alternative energy.There is no energy shortage.
Free trade traidors, VW BUG PEOPLES CAR 1930s 35 40 miles per gallion.Today 25 miles per gallion adverage.The cause of suffering is luxury.We do not conserve,we do not know how,brainwashed.A 1960 a 12 year high shool degree exceeds a BA in Reading,writing and arithmetic,and many other subjects.Over population degrades the system and the quality of life.IQ reduced because of less quality.
In conclusion do not let any professor tell you you should not debate the subject and discuss in class the pro and con of a subject.If he does he is not educating you ,but BRAINWAShing you out of fear.You know they are affraid of the truth,and want to undermind the american people.Have them investigated for TREASON.Who are they serving,they are double talkers and liars.They are in all the universities.Think in black and white not color that is how they have confuse you.Take your universities back.Know your history and be proud,Have manatory physical education,all exercise,technology is not the essense of life.We need to turn back in education,and culture before JFK was killed by you know who,not Oswald MORON,MORon.You do not even know you are a amoron,stupid too.No U.S.History Charles Beard,good luck.You are being cheated and do not know it moron MORON.????????????????????????????????????????.
Take care of our nation first-no immigration until every american has a job and ,decent standard of living.Free medical and car insurance for all americam citizens.Regulated coporations that pay tax along with the rich and upper classes.The middle class is dying,the poor have no benefits,no draft army,the brave are being killed for the worthless coporat FAIRY stop this deception,throw out the congress we are invested with adictive greed,corruption that equqls that of ROME.CREDIT cards what a rip off you a slave forever,congress let it happen along with their coporat faries.Liberty or death.
12 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
 Compelling, for unusual reasons, 2004-05-17
The proponents of free trade have had at their disposal a convincing and, often times, quite believable theory to describe the way that the world functions. As a liberal, I have frequently wanted to reject all the theoretical underpinnings of free trade. I've spent many hours trying to fill their theory with holes. At the same time, as an economics major and free thinker, it's just not been tenable for me to disregard modern economic theory. There are no alternatives that could take the theory's place in effectiveness, or in accuracy. In sum, I picked up this book at a time when what I wanted to believe did not gel with what I was compelled to believe, academically.
This book does not explicitly offer a "third way" that could substitute for capitalism or socialism. And as might be expected, the authors make a big deal out of the bad things that come with economic liberalism. The "Race to The Bottom" is mentioned quite often. In this sense, there's not much new here. Read Soros, Stiglitz, Greider, or even Wallerstien - you'll find a lot of the same thing.
What is unique about this book, and why I am giving it five stars, is that the book added a new dimension to the context of my discontent with the current "system." More exactly: the alternative theory that could come out of this book pales to liberalism; much of the liberal thought about economics has to do with values, and it not often as compelling as the official theory; and while this book emphasizes values to a great deal (state sovereignty, for example) it tends to emphasize values that are much more axiomatic. For example: The authors describe how the specifics of NAFTA were not made readily and directly available to the public; and even once they were, the document was so convoluted and inaccessible that hardly anyone bothered to read it.
This example (there are many others) is useful to me because it does not necessitate e a conflict with liberalism. In other words: It may be true that free trade works best. I don't want to believe that, I am compelled nevertheless to believe that, but no matter what I believe about free trade, I am positive that trade agreements should be made available to the public (quickly, cheaply, and in a language that can be understood). Values are still involved. But the answers to the "value questions" are answered axiomatically, for most of us. This book is unique and valuable (no pun) for the reason that it criticizes free trade in a way that (1) the criticism will either be accepted or rejected immediately, and (2) the criticism is not contradictory, and may be useful, to the liberalist's theory that has been so difficult to dethrone.
21 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
It'll Change your Mind, 2000-11-29
This is an excellent book written by some of the leading authorities on NAFTA and GATT (Including Ralph Nader). Each "chapter" written by a different person is short and to the point. You can read as much or as little as you want, without feeling the need to finish the chapter. This book WILL make you sweat with anger at points. It is an excellent read.
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